useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
to flare up; to fly into a rage
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
too much; excessively; too
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
superiority complex; sense of superiority
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
solitude; loneliness; isolation
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to be perturbed; to be agitated
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
head; brains; intellect; understanding
war; battle; match; game; competition
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
declaration of war; proclamation of war
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
don't worry about it; there is nothing to fear; there is no need for anxiety; everything is under control
at once; immediately; right now
manners; courtesy; etiquette
correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart