impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
belligerence; fighting spirit
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
that's the way it is; such is life
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
frame (i.e. of a sliding door); crosspiece; bar; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); rung (of a ladder)
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
sewing; needlework; embroidery
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
surely; certainly; without doubt
love triangle; eternal triangle
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
comma; decimal point; radix point
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
ingredient; component; composition
(act of) writing on a blackboard
to disappear; to cause to disappear; to get rid of; (of time) to pass; to while away
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
like that; that way; thus
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)