taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
word game; wordplay; playing with words
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
strange thing; odd thing; how absurd!; preposterous!
even though it is not; despite not
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
older brother and younger sister
fragment; broken piece; one of the same group; accomplice; one of a pair; counterpart
of no use; useless; not fit for purpose
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
arrogance; haughtiness; conceitedness
noninterference; leaving something to take its own course; giving someone a free hand with something
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
you; (arch.) your residence
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
to be harboured (of negative feelings or thoughts); to be rooted in one's mind; to coil; to curl around; to become tangled (e.g. of roots)
urgent; requiring quick (response)
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman; president
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
solution; solution strategy
determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone
to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off
gushing out (suddenly); pouring out all at once; bursting out
to fling; to toss; to throw; to abandon; to leave behind
revenge; having a second go (at something)
main guest; guest of honor; guest of honour
bad reputation; poor reception; unpopularity; disrepute
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
somehow; for some reason or other
strange incident; unusual occurrence; rare event; grave (and unexpected) incident; serious event; accident
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing
paper towel (esp. for drying one's hands); paper hand towel
place to put something; storage space
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable