still; even now; to this day
surname; family name; last name
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
tingling; stinging; pungently
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
breath; breathing; tone; mood
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)
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
skillfully; admirably; really well; excellently
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife); younger stepsister; younger adopted sister; non-blood-related younger sister
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
script reading; scenario reading; avid reader; bookworm; reading a book; reading books
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
practice; practising; experience
regulation; adjustment; control
to warp; to become strained; to become distorted; to become crooked
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
second (unit of time); arc second
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
interception (email); wiretap; bug
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
to joke around; to do and say ridiculous things