obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
quickening; foetal (fetal) movement; fomenting (trouble)
lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)
being somewhat excited (agitated)
decorum; propriety; politeness
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
error of judgment; miscalculation
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
to overstep the mark; to go too far; to overdo it
day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak
recreation; diversion; relaxation
white hair; grey hair; gray hair