to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
calm and collected; with composure; having enough and to spare
bold; daring; unflappable
to sulk; to be peevish; to run away from home
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
if so; in that case; in that situation
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
former (incumbent); predecessor
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
new discovery; new invention
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to hide; to keep to oneself
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
basement floor; underground floor
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving; pulling out
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
advantage; benefit; profit; interest