encouragement; incentive; stimulus
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
to kill; to beat to death
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
to be to the point; to be pertinent
to envy; to be envious (of); to be jealous (of)
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste; distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability
maker; manufacturer; producer; producer (of a film, play, etc.)
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
cooperation; collaboration; association; community; communal use; common possession
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
jumping to a wrong conclusion
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
now that; since; so long as; because
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
going off course; going out of bounds
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
to become an expert; to be a master (of)
obvious; (as) clear as day; plain to see
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
(informal) discussion; talk; (formal and tedious) talk; lecture; admonition; reprimand
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
show; performance; show; exhibition; TV show