monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
a little bit; a little while
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
devotion; attachment; infatuation
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
behavioral principle; principle (value) governing one's conduct
since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all
meanwhile; in the meantime
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
manners; behavior; behaviour
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
one's principles and position
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
second day of the month; two days
to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with