love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
living with one's parents; living at home
university student; college student
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
history of; experience of
female high-school student
worthless; shit; disparaging; demeaning
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
in that way; thus; so; so?
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
assertion; declaration; affirmation
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
consequence; outcome; result; blame
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
of course; certainly; naturally
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
vexing; irritating; impatient