obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up
to project; to show (on a screen); to portray; to depict; to reflect (the times, mood, etc.)
virtual image; false image; pretense; pretence
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
drunken interaction (usu. unpleasant)
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
freedom; free man; free woman
suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday
banknote; bill; note; paper money
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
living room (Western style); sitting room
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
snack (to have with a drink); side dish
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
drinking bout; merrymaking
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
drunk person; (a) drunk; being drunk; getting drunk
shading; shielding from light
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
word; term; language; speech
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
as you see; as you can see; in accordance with what you see
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
fall; decrease; knocking down; flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank