to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
in proportion to; according to; depending on
status elevation; upgrading; promotion
outsider; someone outside of a group
one person; another name; nickname; alias
decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play
beautiful face; beautiful looks; beauty; belle; handsome man
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
personal feelings; self-interest
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety
to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
all (there is); as long as there is
to ask a question; to ask questions
strategy meeting; council of war
argument based on emotion; sentimental argument
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
way (of doing); manner; method; means
putting into operation; invocation
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre