spirit of study (inquiry, enquiry); (having) an inquiring mind
taking something into consideration; making allowances; discounting
uniform; even; across-the-board; equal
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
wealth, prosperity, and arrogant splendor (splendour); (living sumptuously) intoxicated by wealth and power; luxury
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
feeling of happiness; sense of well-being; euphoria
soft and fair goes far; willows are weak, yet they bind other wood
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
moment; brief space of time
moderate faction; moderates
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
eardrum; tympanic membrane
solid (body); solid matter; solid food
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
one example of (when there are more examples)
total; sum total; total amount
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
being carried out; being put into practice; in operation
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
nothing special; nothing significant; not a problem
dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing
to give up on; to turn one's back on; to abandon; to forsake; to desert; to leave
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
don't worry; no worries; never mind
to dump (a load of something); to throw from a height; to throw downwards