pointing down; pointing downward; (market) decline; downturn; downward trend
time (for a program, programme); broadcasting hours; air time
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved
pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
narrow-minded; intolerant; petty
spare time; free time; leisure time
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.
(appearance while) in pajamas (pyjamas)
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
formidable person; shrewd person; certain person (e.g. whose name cannot be disclosed); someone; (arch.) that sort of person; (arch.) that kind of person
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to be fragrant; to give out a smell; to be enveloped in a smell; to be radiant; to be attractive
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
way of asking; way of listening; listener
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
to perfect; to detail; to polish; (arch.) to make (inside something)
to spend all of one's time in idle amusement
broadband; brokers' broker