the other day; a few days ago
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
to get tired out; to be exhausted
nudity; stark naked; in one's bare skin; penniless
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
removing one's hat; admiring someone greatly; "taking off one's hat" to someone
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
simply; merely; only; solely
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
difficult to hear; difficult to ask
had better ...; had better not ...
expression; look; countenance; face
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
imagination; supposition; guess
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
the scruff or nape of the neck
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement