antipathy; reluctance; resistance
honor; honour; credit; prestige
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; rich in experience
receptionist; reception woman
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
wherein; therein; thereinto
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
almost; roughly; approximately
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
at once; immediately; right now
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
favoritism; favouritism; partiality; prejudice; bias
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
large amount of money; great cost
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
amount of money; sum of money
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to live; to get along; to spend (time)