thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
almost every day; almost daily
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
patting; stroking; caressing
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
treating someone like a child
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
never mind!; don't worry about it
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
(this) small amount; (such a) paltry amount; only this much; slightest bit
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
good humour (humor); good mood
a touch (of sadness, unease, etc.); a tinge (of); a hint (of); a smear (of paint, ink, etc.); one stroke (of a brush)
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
(one's) beloved car (or motorcycle, bicycle, etc.); (one's) wheels
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
reality; actuality; hard fact
taking a straight look at something; looking someone in the eyes
can do nothing but ...; have no choice but to ...; there is nothing to do but ...; cannot help ...
stylish; fashionable; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)