meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
anger; offence; offense; rage; taking offense; taking offence
falling of the curtain; coming to an end
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
boy; bellboy; porter; waiter
to be too late; to be too slow
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
article; news story; report; account
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
continuation; succession; series
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
interference; intervention; meddling
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
jump; plunge; dive; appearing without an appointment; bursting in; arriving unannounced
happening; (unexpected) incident; unforeseen event; surprising occurrence
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
(physical) growth; development
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
fashion sense; sense of fashion
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
income; receipts; revenue
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
compatibility; coexistence; standing together