overhead power line; aerial wiring; overhead line (for trains, trams, etc.); overhead wire
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
ticket barrier; ticket gate; wicket
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
on bad terms; at loggerheads
with a snap; with a bang; with a plonk; suddenly; all of a sudden
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
solely; entirely; only; sharing; together
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to refuse; to reject; to deny
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
resentful; bitter; reproachful; regrettable; disappointing; frustrating
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
ten; 10; ten years of age
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement