weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
apathetic; indifferent; nonchalant; callous
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
by myself; in person; by oneself
counterattack; slashing back; railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
to have meaning; to be meaningful
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
arguing (someone) down; loudly scolding; rebuking; proclaiming (the truth); expounding
innocent; blameless; guiltless
people; men and women; each person; everybody
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
deformity; malformation; strange shape; unusual shape
colourless; colorless; achromatic; neutral (position); impartial
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
resemblance; likeness; similarity; analogy
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
yes or no answer; agreement or disagreement; consent or refusal
perception; sensation; awareness
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
only recently; just of late
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
to think constantly about; to dwell on