main question; real issue at hand
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
class; heading; group; category
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
downturn; downward swing; downside
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
automatic; intransitive verb
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
function; facility; faculty; feature
putting into operation; invocation
both hands; both arms; ten
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
please (give me); please (do for me)
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
pure heart; naivete; innocence
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
reputation; respectability
in that manner; like that
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence