ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
extra (charge, fare, etc.); premium; bonus; (after a number) tenths increase
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
carefully; closely; very; extremely; have no choice; cannot be helped
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
remarkably; noticeably; visibly; considerably; perceptibly; appreciably
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to make one's rounds; to patrol
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
individual; private person; personal; natural person
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
wide difference; a world of difference
defective article; damaged goods; deflowered girl; unmarried woman who has lost her virginity
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
relation; relative; kind; cordial
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
contrail; vapor trail; vapour trail
one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
antiquity; the previous era
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down); count (of radioactivity)
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
to wail; to bawl; to cry loudly; to shout (while crying)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (comedy by William Shakespeare)