(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
killing two birds with one stone
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to spew venom; to speak ill (of people)
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
thieving cat; adulterer; homewrecker
to make oneself pleasant to everybody
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
still (continuing); as ever; further
persistence; single-mindedness
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
one's house; one's home; one's family
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
maid; helper; help; assistance
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
harmful insect; noxious insect; vermin; pest
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
immediately; right away; on the spot
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful