ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
beyond that point; after that
to go ahead; to pull ahead
(social) position; status
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production, from 1958-1960); significant breakthrough; great strides
(period of) a year; during an era
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
man of the hour; woman of the hour
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
official announcement; proclamation
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
in proportion to; just as much as
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
outfield; outfielder; outfield bleachers; third party; outsider
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)
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful