thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
existence; possession; having; limited company
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus); balloonfish
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
showing one's face in public; facing another person
moment to quit; way to quit
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
letter; missive; note; mail
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
though; notwithstanding; although
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
minimum; at the very least
to live; to make a living; to get on with
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score