in spite of; regardless of
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to have one's knees be about to give way
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
just the other day; quite recently
air conditioning; air cooling
late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
turning point; change; transition; (arch.) point of difference
change of tone; variation (music); irregularity; modulation (in radio)
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
weak point; vulnerable point; Achilles' heel
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
weighting (in averaging); aggravation
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to complain; to make a complaint
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
did not finish (sporting term); DNF
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
right side; right-hand side
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation