unexpected meeting; coincidence
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
favourite child; favourite student; apple of one's eye
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
another day; some other day
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
many; much; plenty; hardly
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
that's the way it is; such is life
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
on the occasion of; at the time of
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
worst; worst-case (scenario)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
(arch.) dismissal; (arch.) discharge