pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
button (clothing); push-button; button
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
maid; helper; help; assistance
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
settlement; solution; resolution
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
telling others; divulging (a secret); revealing; disclosing; letting out
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
rather; better; instead; if anything
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still