to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away
to make a mistake; to blunder
publicly; openly; ostensibly; formally
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
to lose face; to be disgraced
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
messy; shabby; scruffy; dirty; squalid; sordid
unwanted child; shunned child
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
to be mad about; to be hooked on; to find something hilarious; to find something so funny that one cannot stop laughing
coagulation; freezing; solidification
to reveal one's true colors (colours); to betray oneself
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
to torment; to harass; to tease; to extort; to shake down; to demand money
drop-by-drop; dripping; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion; sluggishly; dawdling
to show one's age (e.g. to start creaking at the joints); to wear out (e.g. machinery)
clarification; definition
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
remote cause; underlying cause; indirect cause
to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)
office and rank; an official rank
receive only; RO; incoming calls only (telephone)
yourself; himself; herself
successful candidate; successful applicant; person who has passed an exam
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
to sit for an examination
to lie down (and sleep); to go to bed (with an illness)
true character; real nature
strange thing; odd thing; how absurd!; preposterous!
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
to lose one's senses (over); to be out of one's mind (over); to be completely captivated (by); to be smitten; to be engrossed (in)
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
man's weeping (esp. of someone not prone to tears)
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out