stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
handrail; railing; banister
to peel off; to come off; to flake off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
rage; fury; exasperation; indignation
to frame; to falsely accuse of a crime
dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing; layoff
groundless (rumour, accusation, etc.); unfounded; baseless; without a shred of truth
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
one's say; one's point; one's case; complaint; objection; grievance
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
bad name; bad reputation; disgrace; dishonour; dishonor; stigma
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
haughty; arrogant; insolent; presumptuous
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
picking; collecting; harvesting; extraction
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
zoonosis (disease transmissible from animals to humans or vice versa)
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
infection; contagion; becoming infected; being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)
treatment strategy; method of treatment; therapeutic approach
five and seven; 35th day after a person's death
adventive species; non-native species; introduced species; alien species
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
sympathetic nervous system; SNS
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to compare with the eye; to judge by comparison; to take into consideration; to bear in mind
making doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)