check; restraint; oppression; suppression
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
inscrutable; incomprehensible
relatively; comparatively
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
ability; performance; efficiency
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
failure; mistake; blunder
speech and conduct; words and deeds
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
sympathy; empathy; response
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan