with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
likability; favorability; popularity
to say; to tell; to state; to do
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
in process; during execution; runtime
reason; cause; circumstances
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
the same; the said; likewise
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
a find; windfall; bargain
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
sub; substitute; reserve; sub-
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
fair and square; open and aboveboard
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
hiding one's embarrassment
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
in a positive sense of the word; in the best sense of the word; in a good way
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
sweet and sour; bittersweet
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
computer game for men featuring beautiful women characters (usu. adult game)
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about