large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
other than; excluding; without
being readily aware of rumors and gossip; being quick to learn secrets; having sharp ears; ability to remember everything one hears
(sense of) hearing; auditory perception
hey; listen; look here; I say
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
might as well; sure, why not; why not use this occasion to ...
to make oneself known to the public; to become popular; to gain influence
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
you could say that; that might be so
secondary residence; vacation home; villa
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
military strength; military personnel
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
between (e.g. two people); face to face; hindrance; impediment; arrhythmic section of recitative; playing with only 2 players; prefix used for stress or emphasis
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
headquarters; head office; main office
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
three times; thrice; third (interval)
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
to get angry; to lose one's temper
fluffy; lumpy (e.g. clothing); uneven; bulging (e.g. muscles)
briskly with small steps; trotting
feelings; thoughts; meaning