(stroke of) luck; (unexpected) good fortune; godsend; windfall
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
long slits (esp. of eyes)
not yet known; unknown; strange
malice; ill will; bad air; noxious vapour; miasma
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
straight-laced person; stubborn person
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
excellent plan; best policy
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
affectation; showiness; pretence
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly
to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
good policy; wise policy; best plan
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
correction; revision; amendment
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
always; all the time; constantly; frequently; often
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
to mistakenly say; to misspeak; to misstate (the facts); to make a slip of the tongue
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to insert (e.g. a cork); to put on (something that envelops; e.g. a ring, gloves); to place (a hoop) around; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to force (into a mold); to entrap
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze