grandstand play; grandstanding; showboating; showing off
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
I am not going to fall for that trick; that trick won't work on me
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
quite absurd thing; something ridiculous that makes one laugh; extremely irritating thing
information; making a report (to a superior)
to be all out; to exhaust
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
esophagus; gullet; esophageal
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
bias; eccentricity; obstinacy
manly; masculine; like a man
faultfinding; carping; quibbling; cavilling; caviling
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
to throw up a smoke screen; to put up a false front; to purposely mislead
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
support; backing; patronage
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
to blame; to find fault with
arranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight; coordinating one's stories
unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved
scattering (e.g. in statistics); scatter; dispersion; variation
boiled and half-dried bonito
stillness; repose; standing still
crystalline lens (of the eye)
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
the staff; inside the department
guess; conjecture; surmise
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
disease; ailment; illness
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with