innocent; sensitive; uncomplicated; unpretentious; straightforward
firm; unshakeable; resolute
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
criticism; critique; review; commentary
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
timid; faint-hearted; wimpish
vague recollection; faint memory
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
route; way; course; directions
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
responsibility; duty; obligation
peremptory command; must-obey order; absolute instruction; categorical imperative
irritation; annoyance; frustration
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
to live through; to survive
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
sieve; sifter; screen; screening (jobs, candidates, etc.)
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument
blow; shock; strike; batting
extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
deep emotion; strong feelings
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words