place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
foreign; abroad; overseas
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
of no interest; not interested
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
exaggerated; extravagant; overdone
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
that kind; competition; match
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
public and private; official and personal; government and people
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently