giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
unexpectedly; surprisingly
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
almost every day; almost daily
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
to be prolonged; to drag on
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
desperately; for one's dear life
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
implementation (e.g. of a feature); installation (of equipment); mounting; packaging
special occupation; principal occupation; specialty; monopoly
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
sleazebag; asshole; shithead; lowlife
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
to act tough; to act bad; to act worse than one really is
attention seeker; look-at-me
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
that's true; of course; obviously
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)