encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
trauma (usu. psychological)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
little finger; pinky; little toe
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
it's none of your business; it's not your concern
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
advance; moving forward; progress
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to be at a loss for words
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability; reliability
pointing out; identification
spite; frustration; vexation
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth