manuscript; version; draft
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to surround; to crowd around
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
(cute) suffix for familiar person; cute adjective form
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
to control; to command; to get the better of
near; close by; within reach; familiar
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to become hollow (with age, illness, etc.); to be scrawny; to be thin
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
to watch over; to watch attentively
disorder; disturbance; unrest
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
menstrual irregularity; irregular periods