pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to feel; to sense; to experience
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess
as (for); for; in the capacity of
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
notice; attention; observation
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
possible; likely; probable
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
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)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
instead; but (on the other hand)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant