padding with cotton; garment padded with cotton; wadded clothes
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
one's (living) environment
of inquiring mind; eager to study; enthusiastic in studying
longed-for; anxiously awaited
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work
state secrets; secrets of the state
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
twenty years of age; youth; early age; tender age of ...
conventionality; triteness
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
just above; right overhead
torture to death; torment to death
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
to be torn off; to come off
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
outside of; not covered by
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to fit the mold; to fit the mould; to be standard; to be customary; to be unoriginal; to be stale
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of