casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
(large) building; public building; hall
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
long ago; a long time ago; already
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
region; limits; stage; level
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
downward compatible; backward compatible; upward compatible; forward compatible; providing the same function while being more effective (esp. in games)
as a child; when one was a child
boaster; braggart; bossy person; overbearing person
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
gossip; corner of the mouth
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
founder; originator; pioneer
first generation; founder
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
(political) power; authority; influence