something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
craving for the limelight
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
rival; competitor; competition
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
belongings; appendage; accessory
looking upon (someone) as an enemy; regarding as an enemy; being hostile toward
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
not caring; not giving a damn
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
to bring back; to restore
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to glare at each other; to confront each other
one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough
to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note
about; concerning; related to; -ish
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement