pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
being just before one is generous
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case
history of; experience of
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
way; method; means; resource; course
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
counter for generations; epoch
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
chromatic color; chromatic colour
neutral colour; neutral color; achromatic (colour, color)
to be square; to be angular; to be jagged; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast