exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
curiosity; inquisitiveness
and yet; though; when; in spite of
sea breeze; salty wind; briny air
allergy; aversion (to); strong distaste (for)
to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf
Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
greedy; ruthless; cruel; exploitative
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
small; narrow; familiar prefix; slightly; a bit
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
affected (appearance, attitude); stuck up; self-loving
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
one's descendants; one's offspring; posterity
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
time; season; period; phase; stage
adversary; opposition; hostile forces
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
frivolous; flippant; superficial; flattery; (insincere) compliments
prudent; thoughtful; discreet
one or two; a couple; a few; first and second (place); the top two
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
dignity; grace; nobility; grade; quality; fineness
personality; style; appearance
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!