to manage something successfully; to be successful
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus); (arch.) pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus)
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
powerful person; influential person
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
father; dad; husband; you; he
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
to wait on someone hand and foot; to take personal care of someone
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others