flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
male instincts; male frivolity
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
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
killing time; staving off boredom
one-by-one; separately; in detail
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
pigment; paint; colour; color
spare time; free time; time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to shade an account; to add something extra
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
elevated (structure); overhead
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
the passage of electric current
growth period (in children)
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
superstition; superstitious belief
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)