proposal; offer; request; application
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to anticipate; to foresee
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
gossip; corner of the mouth
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
to smile (at); to grin (at)
to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with
there being no use in arguing (about it)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
but; however; provided that
depending on; dependent on
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to stare back at; to look back at
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
unthinking; thoughtless; heedless; inconsiderate
classification; categorization; sorting
to make (a person) pay for (something)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly