to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)
managerial liability; executive responsibility; accountability
amount of money; sum of money
to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
taste; palate; sense of taste
recovery; undoing; recall
to hold one's nose; to pinch one's nose
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench