excelling; surpassing; outdoing
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to lend an ear to; to listen to
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to take someone's life; to kill someone
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
opposite; reverse; contrary
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
remaining; left-over; excess
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to fall flat; to fall face down
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
production (e.g. play); direction
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
perfect; complete; flawless
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
even though; despite; when