to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
good-for-nothing; useless; worthless
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
sounding each other out; probing each other
couch; bench; ottoman; settee
to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly
armrest (of a chair); elbow rest
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
the frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
quickly adaptable; pro-active
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
four-handed performance (on the piano)
spell; charm; incantation; magic words
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve