manly; masculine; like a man
neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; neuter gender
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
nice; likeable; desirable
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
brother complex; excessive attachment to one's brother; black contemporary (music)
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago