piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
duty; obligation; responsibility
timeline; timetable; timeline (in social media)
waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to exit
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
ignoring a text message by leaving it unopened and marked as "unread" (in online chatting)
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
in one's own way or style
another school; other schools
running away; escaping on foot
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
movie set; filming location
man; male; masculine gender
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
having done this; if this is done; if it is done in this way
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
serious; severe; grave; acute
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late