staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
matter for great congratulation
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
written investigation; report of an investigation; school record (on a student); transcript (of grades)
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
arrest; apprehension; capture
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
hostile nature; inimical character
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
aptitude; aptness; suitability
immediately; at once; instantly
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
to joke around; to do and say ridiculous things
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
be (that) as it may; having said that
like this; this sort; this way
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
how dare ...; how could ...
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature