plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
close; intimate; on good terms
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
student at the same middle school; graduate of the same middle school
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
close; intimate; on good terms
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to give a broad grin; to smirk
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to stiffen; to become stiff
to pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
one act (play, etc.); scene; event
reason; cause; circumstances
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to talk; to carry meaning
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
to ooze; to exude; to percolate; to soak through
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
to cease; to stop; to be over