bright; intelligent; clever; smart
close; intimate; on good terms
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
nonchalant air; unruffled air
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
year in, year out; always; 24-7
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
fair and square; open and aboveboard
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
to triumph; to be elated with success
chance (of success); odds
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
ill will; malice; evil intent
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
to pile up; to accumulate
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability