to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
air of seniority; patronizing attitude of a senior toward a junior
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
to become a (bad) habit; to become a habitual practice; to become addictive; to grow on one; to become moreish
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to telephone; to make a phone call
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
to fire (from a job); to sack; to dismiss
because of; owing to; due to
life plan; plan for one's life; planning one's life
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
Her Majesty the Queen; mistress (in S&M); dominatrix
uneasily; restlessly; erratically
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
man of the hour; woman of the hour
dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing; layoff
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
longing for others; wanting company
to look around; to survey
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
right behind; just behind; directly behind