hammer; mallet; sledgehammer; gavel
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
can do nothing but ...; have no choice but to ...; there is nothing to do but ...; cannot help ...
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
to be suspected (of); to be under suspicion (of)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
excuse; evasion; dodge; subterfuge; evasive answer
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
way out; means to escape; escape route
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
handling things like an adult; behaving like a mature grown-up
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy
manner of using one's hands
telephone directory; telephone book; phone book
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
drop-by-drop; dripping; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion; sluggishly; dawdling
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
for today; for the time being
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour