to exceed the budget; to overrun the budget; to have a deficit; to have a secret revealed
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
quite; utterly; really; completely
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
outsider; someone outside of a group
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
extreme logic; extreme argument; unreserved argument
too much; excessively; too
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
article; discourse; dissertation; editorial; leading article; leader
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
how many years; how long; what year
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact
agricultural land; farmland
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
impression; strong belief; conviction
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
stock-still; motionless; frozen in place
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to take a veneer off something
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent