obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to concern; to be related
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to finger; to play with; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
looking upon (someone) as an enemy; regarding as an enemy; being hostile toward
error; mistake; slip; bug
to pull tight; to brace; to tighten
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
otherwise; or else; if not
fair; fair ball; fair (event)
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts
dregs; lees; grounds; pent-up feelings
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
negative emotions; negative feelings
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
cold (attitude); indifferent; unsympathetic; aloof