astounding; tremendous; wild; crazy; exorbitant; outrageous
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
mental; spiritual; emotional
blow; shock; strike; batting
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
an issue being settled; a case being closed
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
overeagerness; rashness; forward step-out
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
adding one's signature and seal (to a document); signing and sealing
being roused; being stimulated; being inspired; being spurred on
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
to shout (in anger); to yell
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
being at cross-purposes from the start; getting off on the wrong foot; (lit.) doing up one's buttons wrongly
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
to come to one's senses; to calm down
it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
anything and everything; just about everything
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed
besides; moreover; in addition; to make matters worse
to turn against; to become an enemy
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
deep (of emotions, connections, etc.)
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
to get one's head around; to think about
to express (in words); to confess
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to