to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
fake; sham; counterfeit; impostor; cheat; hypocrite
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
reasoning; logic; persuasion
competent; suitable; qualified
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
financial circumstances; financial situation; circulation of money
to side with the winner; to ride (someone's) coattails; to get on the bandwagon
gossip; corner of the mouth
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
curtain; hanging; bunting
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab); crawling sideways; leafhopper (insect); jassid; sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes); levelling off (of prices, etc.)
papier mâché; something that looks good superficially
(with a) click (e.g. camera shutter); (with a) snap
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
two kinds; second-class (e.g. mail)
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design
strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)