advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
to lose heart; to lose interest; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose focus; to let one's guard down
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
nothing but; none other than
superficial; shallow; frivolous; careless; sliding along a surface; being slippery
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
both; both sides; both parties
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
that is not supposed to ...; that ought not to ...; that should never ...; that cannot possibly ...
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
proper; respectable; decent; honest
prickling; stinging; tingling
drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
many; much; plenty; hardly