serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
annual (plant); first-year student
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
unwanted hair; superfluous hair
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
general public; the masses
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
advance; moving forward; progress
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
motive power; driving force
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to be helpful; to be useful
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
progress; advance; improvement; development
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
by myself; in person; by oneself
even if; even though; however; no matter how
long ago; already; a long time ago
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew