abrupt; sudden; unexpected
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
unskilled; awkward; bad; clumsy; poor
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)
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
futsal; form of indoor 5-a-side football (soccer)
sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
great difference; major mistake
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
doing as one is told; yes-man
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
being left out; being ostracized
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
gender; distinction of sex; sex
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
older sister; lass; young lady
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple