duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
inquiry; enquiry; question; searching; looking for
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
again and again; repeatedly
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
one's original intention; one's original purpose; one's original aim
accomplishment; realization; attainment; penetration; pervasion
on the occasion of; at the time of
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
critical (condition); serious
defective item; defective product; defective merchandise
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
loss; waste (e.g. of time); feeling of loss; Los Angeles; L.A.
reason; logic; method; system; order
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
way of reciting; way of telling a story
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
false accusation; trumped up-charge; pretext; statement that cannot be retracted; saying something one cannot take back
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
to boast; to brag; to exaggerate
to answer; to respond; to meet; to satisfy; to accept
consumption; expenditure; spending
compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages