to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
to begin to attend (e.g. school)
economic; financial; fiscal
account book; register; ledger
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
ptoo (sound of spitting); ptui; ptew; ptooey
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
real experience; actual observations
show; display; pretensions; pose; posture
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer
sentimental; mushy; saccharine; sickly-sweet; sugary
(smelling) strongly; pungently; angrily; furiously; indignantly
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
distant look; faraway look
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
significant; full of meaning; pregnant (with meaning); suggestive
sound judgment; sane decision; act performed with a clear mind
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
unusual occurrence; variation; mutation
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
deepest part; deepest portion; depths (of the ocean etc.); innermost
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)