impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly
dignity; quality; grace; panache; level
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
absolutely; positively; decidedly
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
guffawing; roaring (with laughter); (laughing) heartily
single (i.e. unmarried) person; someone alone
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
personal feelings; self-interest
condition; state (of health); appearance
moron; idiot; stupid person
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
sweetheart; person in one's thoughts (heart)
to make sense; to be meaningful
enumeration; citation; listing
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
troubled face; worried expression
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it