irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
production (e.g. play); direction
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
goodwill ambassador; friendship ambassador
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
this and that; one thing or another
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
just a minute; small quantity
man; male; masculine gender
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
Leith; Leys; Raysse; Reiss
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to cease; to stop; to be over
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
empty (e.g. argument); insubstantial; hollow; fruitless
knowing; (an) acquaintance
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country