looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
how; in what way; how about
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
sweet (flavour); sweet (of alcohol); sweet (e.g. melody); pleasant (e.g. atmosphere); suite (of rooms); suite
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
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)
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
vocal sound; tone of voice
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit