to shuffle one's feet; to trample underfoot
to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed
vicissitudes; continual change; transmigration; metempsychosis
to pierce; to penetrate; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice); to feel keenly; to make a deep impression
beyond comparison; incomparable
unicellular organism; monad
mentally strong; strong-willed
Ptolemaic theory; geocentric model; geocentrism
unattractive person; coward; weakling
common; in the usual course
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
digging deeply (below the surface); mining deep; probing deeply (issue, problem); investigating thoroughly; deepening relations
idle talk; nonsense; fool; idiot; irresponsible; nonsensical
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
in the same breath; hardly had the words been said
chain reaction; nuclear chain reaction
aquaculture; culture; cultivation; raising
habitual criminal; recidivist; recidivism; habitual criminal activity
strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
break (rest); break (tennis, boxing, snooker, etc.); suddenly becoming popular; becoming a hit
to become poor; to be poor
affected (appearance, attitude); stuck up; self-loving
original method or procedure; serious; orthodox; classical
far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for
year of a person's birth; number of years since one's birth; age