one's true feelings and one's official stance (which may be at odds); one's real motive and one's stated reason
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
date (of a planned event, act, etc.); day; (number of) days
to grant someone's request; to do a favour
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly; (not) readily; (not) right away; (not) immediately
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
true character; real nature
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
long time; long interval; for quite some time
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
contradiction; inconsistency
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
reputation; respectability
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...