one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer
unsuitable; inappropriate; improper
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
so miserable that it is painful to look at; can't bear to look at; painful to watch
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
to force one's way through
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity
compatibility; coexistence; standing together
successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through
transparent; plain (glass or glasses)
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent
admission; joining; enrollment; enrolment
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
to play a trick on; to cheat; to deceive; to dupe
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
courting; wooing; making advances
come, come; come; come now; here you go; here; when handing something
one's old bones; aged body
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
giving up; abandoning (hope, plans)
to slope; to descend; to slide (snow, etc.)
lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
to be surprising; to be shocking; to be jaw-dropping