when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)
to push aside; to push one's way through
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
everybody; every last one of them; all
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
fair; fair ball; fair (event)
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger; second toe
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
these guys; these fellows
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
family structure; family composition; family makeup
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
just because; even if; even though
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
guaranteed; authentic; certified
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
meow; miaow; cat; kitty; pussy cat
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to covet; to crave; to indulge in; to do ceaselessly; to eat greedily; to devour