difficult to hear; hard to hear; unpleasant to hear; painful to hear; difficult to ask
unidentifiable; unidentified
to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
distortion; falsification; perversion
head over heels; headlong; head first
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
to look down on; to make light of
heavy blow; major blow; severe blow; serious damage
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
in a bad temper; cranky; crabby
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
social; societal; societary
backing (an initiative, candidate, etc.); support; backing up (another player); covering; backup
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
visualization; visualisation