to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
angrily; in a huff; in anger; high on marijuana
soft to the touch (e.g. fur, feathers); fluffy; to stroke (something fluffy); to rub; to pat
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
to put someone to trouble
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
what do you want?; can I help you?
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
fourth day of the month; four days
bodily sensation; sense; experience
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
carefree; free from worry
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
like this; this sort; this way
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
wounded person; injured person
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
plastic bag; polyethylene bag
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
nippers; diagonal pliers; wire cutters
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)