self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
telephone call; telephone (device)
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
late at night; at a late hour
no, not like that (but like this)
how long; how far; how much
dozing off in the middle of doing something (esp. in an online chat or during an online game); becoming inactive due to falling asleep
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
every single word and phrase; word by word
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
in that manner; like that
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to fix one's hair (hairdo) (esp. if disheveled); to straighten one's hair; to make an adjustment to one's hair; to do (up) one's hair
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to