hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
light; easy; non-serious; minor
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)
to continue to do; to persist in doing
to do for (the sake of someone else)
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
selection and commentary (on literary texts or poems)
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful