public acknowledgment; public acknowledgement; public recognition; commendation; awarding
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
to tighten; to press hard
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
distant look; faraway look
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
stealthily; secretly; in secret
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
since one was born; (in) all one's life
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
one cause; one reason; one factor
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to throw at; to turn; to raise
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
football fish (any fish of family Himantolophidae, esp. the Atlantic footballfish, Himantolophus groenlandicus)
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash