one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
to find fault with; to question
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
personal affair; one's own affair
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
depending on; dependent on
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
in person; personally; directly
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
as soon as possible; ASAP
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
infiltration (e.g. of water); flooding
strict order; peremptory command
leader; central personage
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
passing shower; streaks of pouring rain
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
bipedal walking; walking on two legs
to be muddy; to be slushy
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)