translation; shift; parallel displacement
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
landing; alighting; touch down
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
keeping silent; saying nothing at all
headache inducing; vexing
sense of fulfillment; sense of completeness; sense of accomplishment; sense of contentment
preparations for returning (home)
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
limited; limiting; restrictive
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
fixed phrase; canned phrase; standard wording; template; boilerplate
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
distance; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm
how others look at you; what others think about you
devotion; attachment; obsession; infatuation; (romantic) obsession
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
to palm off; to force a sale
departure (from a base); takeoff; launch; starting (to move; of a car); start; moving off
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
picking up; gathering; type-picking; walking
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
agitation; stirring; whipping; beating
mill ends; lumber remnants; wood waste
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
ignition; catching fire; setting on fire
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string