surroundings; environs; circumference
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
wheedling child; spoiled child; pampered child; child who always demands attention
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
straight; straightforward; direct; straight (wins, sets, etc.); straight (liquor); neat; entering university right after graduating high school
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
this world; this life; world of the living
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
appeal (e.g. for peace); plea; appeal (of something); attractiveness; appeal (to the referee); emphasizing
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
perm (hairstyle); permanent wave
ammonite (extinct spiral shelled cephalopod)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
worldly wisdom; secret of success in life
society; public; community; social studies
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter