pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
being somewhat excited (agitated)
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
good contrast; marked contrast
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
of no interest; not interested
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
strategy meeting; council of war
to strike a chord; to tug at one's heartstrings; to resonate
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
it's been a long time; long time no see
even so; anyhow; at any rate
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
being left out; being ostracized
literally; to the letter; literal
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
recommendation; putting in a good word for someone
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful sight
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
to knead; to mix; to complicate; to turn into a mess
logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning