unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
nature; property; disposition
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
imagination; supposition; guess
this is why; this means; it is the case that
too much; excessively; too
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to ask; to enquire; to query
out of bounds; beyond the pale
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
beyond one's means or position
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
coexistence; living together
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that