to nitpick; to complain about trifles
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling
powerless; helpless; incompetent
around the clock; day and night
big leakage; uncontained leak
Western painting; Western film; Western movie
without a holiday; nonstop
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
simple; easy; convenient; handy
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
(referring to a person) receiver; receiving side; viewer; listener
around the world; throughout the world
citizenship; civic rights; civil rights; widespread acceptance; social recognition; common use
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
inferiority; recessiveness; recessive
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
realistic; practical; feasible
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to scribble (write quickly); to dash off
caricature; cartoon; comics
layered structure; layered system; stratification; hierarchical structure
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback