irritating; aggravating; upsetting; maddening; infuriating; exasperating
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
showing no signs of ...; extremely unlikely to ...
messy; confused; chaotic; in a nagging manner; (complaining) about various things
future prospects; promise
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
in proportion to; according to; depending on
at first; in the beginning; originally
pre-existing; already there; conventional
averaging; levelling (off); equalization; standardization; balance
way (of doing); manner; method
to put on airs; to assume importance
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to admire (someone's courage); to approve of (someone's ambition)
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
uncontrollable; irrepressible
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
long ago; a long time ago; already
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
already completely (did, happened, etc.); already entirely
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver