to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
very small; tiny; insignificant
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
university hospital; teaching hospital
career track; promotional track; fast track; upward mobility
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
first rider in a charge; first (person) to arrive
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
trembling with fear; in great fear; filled with trepidation; nervously; timidly
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
because of; owing to; due to
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow