estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
desperately; for one's dear life
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to take advantage of (someone's) weakness
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
alley; alleyway; bare earth (i.e. ground not covered by a roof); open field; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
professional killer; hit man
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
great difference; big difference; wide margin
pond skater (any insect of family Gerridae); water strider
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
to press a question; to cross-examine
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
space; interval; space character; whitespace
selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)