to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
nice; likeable; desirable
way of speaking; intimation
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to say; to be called; to do
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
courteous; decorous; polite
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
witty and knowing; not to be underestimated; smooth operator
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
rebellious phase; rebellious age
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to talk; to chat; to chatter
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
admiration; wonder; astonishment
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
power; might; authority; influence
of no concern at all; no skin off my nose
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
you (plural); all of you; you all
cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)
free time; time at leisure
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction