hard to get; hard to come by
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
personality; character; individuality; personhood
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
another time; some other time
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
for today; for the time being
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
inferiority complex; sense of inferiority
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
to stop (someone) by throwing one's arms around them; to catch (someone) in one's arms; to hold (someone) back
(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit
convert (e.g. to a cause)
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
moment by moment; hour by hour
to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (a letter) till called for
quickly; calmly; intently
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
auto-hypnosis; self-hypnosis; self-induced hypnotism
underestimation; undervaluation
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
therapeutic agent; remedy; medicine; drug; cure
to boil; to heat (a liquid); to prepare (a bath, hot drink); to excite; to rouse; to stir
to insist on one's own ideas
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
falling asleep in one's clothes; lying down to nap; crashing out
snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
to eat untidily; to eat messily; to eat a bit of everything; to leave things half-eaten; to dabble in (something); to try one's hand at (various things)
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
while; although; (but) on the other hand; at the same time; opposite side; other side
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
strained (argument, interpretation, etc.); farfetched (theory, view, etc.); forced; laboured; twisted (reasoning)