frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
leaving everything up to someone else
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to feel sorry (for, that); to regret (that); to feel pity; to sympathize
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
to smile (at); to grin (at)
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency