impossible to do (although wants to)
secrecy; highly classified information
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
to hide; to keep to oneself
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; overdone; over par; overexposure
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
(young) girl; maiden; young lady
hair (on the head); (a) hair
spirits; excitement; tension; tension (mental strain); anxiety
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
perfect; complete; flawless
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
dear me; I mean; or rather
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.