negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
making different (comic) faces, esp. using small props
slightest notice; slightest consideration; slightest attention; a little thought; glance
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad
to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
one's habitual behaviour (behavior)
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to make coffee; to brew coffee
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
easy to get into (e.g. of music, etc.); easily getting into (a certain mood, etc.)
noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick
corn flakes; cold cereal; breakfast cereal
strong and weak points; likes and dislikes; strengths and weaknesses
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
one's fate (fortune) as concerns business
recollection; reminiscence
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly
conclusion; end; settlement; balance; harmony; fitting (in)
big hit; big prize; bumper crop; striking it rich; right on the mark; bonanza
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
to be jealous; to be envious
birth date; date of birth; DOB
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
sense of values; values; value system
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story