unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
exemplification; illustration; example
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
irritation; annoyance; frustration
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
growling voice; snarling voice
period of youth; while young
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
any more; any further; any better; any longer
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
to feign ignorance; to play dumb
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
duty; obligation; responsibility
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
electric line; electric cable; power cable; telephone line; telegraph wire
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
health; healthy; sound; fit
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
no!; no no!; no, not at all
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
even if; even though; however; no matter how
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
sympathy; compassion; pity
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word