unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
popular person; favorite; favourite
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
to go past; to pass; to pass by
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
serious; not joking; straight
weird; disgusting; sickening
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
writing implement; writing tool
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself