bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
combination technique in Judo
counselling service (counseling); life matters advice service
to laugh away; to laugh off
putting life into; animating; cheering up
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to grimace; to make a wry face
invisible writing revealed by applying heat; writing done in invisible ink
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to shout (in anger); to yell
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
having ended; being resolved
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
to understand (each other); to comprehend
information; experience; knowledge; observation
fresco; mural; wall painting
well-known; famous; noted; popular; recognized
about; concerning; related to; -ish
conversely; on the contrary
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
all day long; all the day; throughout the day