daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
promising without due consideration
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
to ask; to enquire; to query
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
precocious; precocious child
treating someone like a child
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
hard worker; person who perseveres; person who doesn't give up; eager beaver; bitter-ender
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
caressing; fondling; (sexual) petting
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
groin; thigh; crotch; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)