haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
to carry something out of a place; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery); to mention something; to broach a topic
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
pet name; nickname; name used to indicate affection, intimacy, informality, etc.
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
a little; a bit; slightly
drying a futon (by hanging it outside in the sun)
cooperation; collaboration
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do