vibration; flickering; jolting; tremor
talking while standing; standing around talking
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
maid; helper; help; assistance
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
hasty; impatient; restless; rash
main question; real issue at hand
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
mentally strong; strong-willed
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
straight-laced person; stubborn person
steady; firm; solid; secure
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
unique; individual; original; unusual
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to understand (each other); to comprehend
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though