superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
to denounce; to disparage; to lambast; to abuse
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
research; study; investigation
skill; proficiency; dexterity; flattery
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
relation; relative; kind; cordial
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
way of talking; speaking style
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor