irritating; impatient; annoying; frustrating; vexing
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
near oneself; close to one; familiar
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
return to one's country; return to one's hometown
secret; private; surreptitious
to be enthusiastic (about); to be eager (to do); to be keen; to be intent (on); to be determined
company; friendship; association; (romantic) involvement; dating
older sister; elder sister
victim; injured party; sufferer
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
stopping at; going no further than
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
heartwarming; pleasant; charming; amusing
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
somehow; for some reason (or other)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
living together; coexistence
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
teary-eyed; damp (e.g. skin, hair); moist
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden