anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)
forcibly; by force; against one's will
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
way of speaking; intimation
dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
time; meter; beat; the moment (of doing); the instant
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
just because; even if; even though
narrow-minded; intolerant; petty
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
popular name; common name; given name
ability to think up names; knack for naming things
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord; to be gut-wrenching
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with