to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
moment; brief space of time
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
serious look (on one's face); straight face
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation); unable to read the room
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
senior; veteran; old-timer
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
pet name; nickname; affectionate name; term of endearment
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons