with curious eyes; curiously
senior; veteran; old-timer
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
to glare at each other; to confront each other
wind and waves; discord; trouble; hardships
name (esp. on a deed, contract, work, etc.); formal name; moral duty; justification; pretext
paste (food, adhesive, etc.); paste
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
stubborn person; obstinate person; pig-headed person
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; two people cut from the same cloth
(very) selfish; self-centered; self-centred; without consulting anybody (else)
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment
utter indifference; talking to the wall; praying to deaf ears
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
all eyes; public attention
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
common reed (Phragmites australis)
iron plate; steel plate; sure thing; certain winner
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
trendy; in; now; currently at ...; now doing ...; in the middle of ...
young; youth; young person
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; dated word; word that has become passé
occurring in succession; doing in succession; firing in rapid succession; volley of shots; volley (of questions, abuse, etc.); stream