aging; ageing; growing older
distant look; faraway look
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
resentment; indignation; anger
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
(the) haves; those who have
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
to be full of pride; to be boastful
stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously
to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
counterattack; slashing back; railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
ornament; decorative object; figurehead; leader without real power
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
crash; smash; crunch; bang
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
eye of a typhoon; eye of a tropical cyclone; person (or thing) at the center of a turbulent situation (who triggers change or movement)
clop clop; rumble rumble; sound of something being boiled
clank-clank; clang-clang; clattering
person standing watch; guard duty
once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)
to let an opportunity slip
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
to comb down; to smooth down
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
to apologize; to apologise; to make an apology
to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; (lit.) to gather chestnuts from the fire
one's social standing; one's position; one's place; one's station in life
a disgrace (to a whole group of people)