sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
the other day; lately; recently
pleasant feeling; good feeling
for your information; I'm telling you
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
modesty; self-control; discretion
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
to tell a person (something) emphatically; to let a person have it
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness