upward adjustment; upward revision
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-
becoming more serious or severe; aggravation; intensification
sign; indication; omen; symptom
order; command; directions; instructions
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
reading too much into (a statement, etc.)
shortage; amount outstanding (e.g. on loan); deficit
unprecedented; unique; unparalleled
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
lying down; down!; lie down!
handing over (of a right, property, etc.); transfer; assignment
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
(software) update; upgrade (to a new version); upgrade (to a device, product, etc.); improvement
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
yourself; himself; herself
(someone else's) parents; both parents
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
as one pleases; self-indulgently; freely; without restraint; at will
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
being half awake and half asleep; (lit.) butterfly's dream
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
person inside a cartoon body suit; voice actor (of a particular character); insider; person on the inside
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer