objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
good impression; favorable impression
delicacy; tact; considerateness; sensitivity; thoughtfulness
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
suited figure; person in a suit
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
walking (with heavy steps); tramping; lumbering; clumping
to trample flat; to beat a path
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
to hold a grudge; to hold something against somebody
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
interference; meddling; butting in
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
passage; path; route; one's way
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
intimacy; affection; familiarity
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
promotion (school, military, etc.)
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
attendance; participation; presence
aloneness; loneliness; solitude