confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
way (of doing); manner; method; means
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
(not) even once; (not) ever
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
all; entire; whole; altogether
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
to stiffen; to become stiff
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to crouch; to squat; to cower
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others