duty; function; office; mission; task; role
low intelligence; low IQ; feeble-mindedness; unintelligent person; person with a low IQ
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
quiet unsociable person; obstinate person; blockhead
metal statue of Buddha (usu. bronze); cold-hearted person; cold-blooded person
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
letting (someone) die without helping
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
you could say that; that might be so
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)
to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship
look like; sound like; seem like; savor of; smack of
to cheer up; to be stirred up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
to be pleased; to be in a good mood
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
emotion and reason; logic and emotion; justice and compassion (criminal justice context)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something
want to ... do something; would like to ...
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe