safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
distrust of (other) human beings
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
feeling keenly; fully realizing
firm; strong; solid; stable
(TV or radio) entertainer; television personality; talent; skill; talent (ancient unit of weight and currency)
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
whispering into a person's ear
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
healthy; sound; wholesome
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
former boyfriend; ex-boyfriend
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
outsider; someone outside of a group
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to pause; to have a short intermission
rotor; love egg; egg vibrator (sex toy)
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously