making a show of one's faults
face; looks; vestiges; trace
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
direct; frank; straightforward; decisive; prompt
skilled manager; resourceful general
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
clearing one's throat; cough
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
attenuation; damping; decay
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)