to become inverted; to become reversed
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
slightly early; just before
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued; major premise (in a syllogism)
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
parroting back; repeating (another's words) like a parrot
passion; sexual desire; lust; attachment (esp. to one's family or a member of the opposite sex)
to covet; to crave; to indulge in; to do ceaselessly; to eat greedily; to devour
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
seven wonders (of a particular area); total mystery; enigma; conundrum
secret; private; surreptitious
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish
fry; juvenile fish; fingerling
adhering to; being a stickler for; being particular about; worrying too much about
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
modest; reserved; quiet; frugal; simple; plain
reason for being; raison d'être
(blue-collar) worker; laborer; labourer
lightly; easily; carelessly
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")