belly landing (of an aircraft); gear-up landing
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
to soothe and humor (humour); to coax
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing
pilgrimage; walking tour; travelling (on foot)
homeroom; form room; form class
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
to understand; to make out
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
blood relationship; blood relative
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
to be generally accepted; to be acknowledged by oneself and others
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to call each other; to call out to one another
visitor's gallery; seats for the public
acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation
ex post facto report; report after the event
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
self-deprecating routine; self-deprecating joke
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat
shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck
transfer (of one's name into another family register); transfer (to another team, company, etc.)
double helix (structure of DNA)
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
has reached its limit; has reached its peak