lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
woman; female; feminine gender
name; given name; first name
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
is that so?; I see; right; oh
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to find out; to discover; to locate
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
killing time; staving off boredom
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
in one's own way or style
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
suited figure; person in a suit
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition