to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
affinity; family relationship
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
denial; negation; repudiation; disapproval
underground; subterranean
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
by both oneself and others
regarding highly; attaching importance to
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
cliche; platitude; formula; set phrase
one's common name; one's popular name; alias; house name
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
safety; welfare; well-being
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
landing; alighting; touch down
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
100,000,000; one hundred million
1,000,000,000,000; one trillion
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to puzzle; to perplex; to bewilder; to delude; to mislead; to fascinate
interference (esp. in horse racing)