learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
to be perturbed; to be agitated
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
questions and answers; dialogue
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
occasional; infrequent; rare
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
food and drink; eating and drinking
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
assertion; declaration; affirmation
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
honest; upright; cleanhanded; unselfish
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
interruption; interference; butting in
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing; layoff
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect