opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
welcome; (warm) reception
to push aside; to brush aside
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to be kind to; to treat kindly
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence
choo-choo; chug-chug; chuff-chuff; brush-brush; scrub-scrub
while; even though; despite
pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
gently sloping; gentle; gradual; smooth (process); gentle (e.g. tone of voice); slow (e.g. growth)
steep mountain; craggy mountain
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
extremely; very; really; super; so
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)