worst of the worst; despicable; extremely bad
ascending air current; updraft; upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
assessment of the situation; judging according to the situation
crawling on all fours; being on all fours; being on one's hands and knees
feel (of a material); texture
ceramics; pottery and porcelain
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
veil of darkness; curtain of night
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
low intelligence; low IQ; feeble-mindedness; unintelligent person; person with a low IQ
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
crushing to death; crushing (hope, freedom, etc.); suppression; quashing
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
tank truck; tanker truck; tanker
displeasure; ill humour; ill humor; pique
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
leaf (of a tree); tree leaves; foliage
renewal; replacement; regeneration; metabolism
gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body
reduction (in size); shrinking; minimization; trivializing (an issue); making light of; playing down
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
small insect; midge; vermicule
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
always having a comeback; fast-talking
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
solution; solution strategy