work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise
to look unconcerned; to assume a composed look
deadlock; stalemate; standstill; hopeless position; lost game; zugzwang
arrest rate; clear-up rate; crime-arrest ratio
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
eye of a typhoon; eye of a tropical cyclone; person (or thing) at the center of a turbulent situation (who triggers change or movement)
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
homosexual (person); gay person
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
antisocial; contrary to public order or morality; offensive; sociopathic; immoral; obscene
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
maintaining a reasonable distance; keeping a proper distance; being neither too close nor too distant; taking a neutral position
to reach mutual understanding; to understand each other
Haydn; Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809; Austrian composer)
composition (of music); setting; writing music
full dress; formal dress; uniform
to cover (with); to smear; to sprinkle
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...