odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
on bad terms; at loggerheads
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
love-hate relationships drama (movie, etc.)
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
favorable influence; favourable influence
abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance
extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)
sad; sorrowful; melancholy; plaintive
spoiled; half-rotten; decaying
out of character; unlike one
self-recommendation; self-nomination; putting oneself forward
office job; clerical work
complete stranger; total stranger
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
interval between the waves; gap between waves
meteor swarm; meteor shower
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
intensive training; extra hard training
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
autumn sky; clear blue autumnal sky
slope; inclination; tendency; trend; slope (of a linear function)
with a whizz; whistling sound; whizzing by; gushing out (e.g. of blood)
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last