tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
distant look; faraway look
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)
reserve; modesty; hesitation; abhorrence; repugnance; loathing
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
on the occasion of; at the time of; when; during
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
lack of relation (to); independence (of)
to defeat (someone) in an argument; to argue (someone) down; to confute (someone); to refute (someone)
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to become known; to be arrested; to be caught (of a criminal); to be moved to a higher position (of a body part); to be raised (e.g. of a hand to ask a question)
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
essentially nonexistent; virtually nil
charming; fascinating; attractive
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
personnel cut; labor cut; labour cut
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
need for caution; need for care; requiring special attention
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
pushing; support; backing; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
to keep an eye on; to keep a watchful eye on
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm