the front; honest; upright; decent
to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)
immediately; right away; on the spot
declaration; proclamation; announcement
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
assistance; backing; reinforcements
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
to lend an ear (to); to hear out; to listen to
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
dive (e.g. into water); diving; dive (of an aircraft)
unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
research; study; investigation
dual role (in a film, play, etc.); double role
small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
to complain; to make a complaint
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu