objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to pilfer; to filch; to swipe
having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery; habitual movement of one's hands; marks from being handled often
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
three; three years of age
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
nothing but; none other than
to have a smattering knowledge of
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
firmly rooted; deep-seated
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
regret; repentance; remorse
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
just because; even if; even though
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service