character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
in general; on the whole; for the most part; by and large; almost all
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
(someone else's) child; child; kid
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
mistress; kept woman; concubine
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
settlement; solution; resolution
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to trust; to relax one's guard (around)
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
to chase; to run after; to pursue
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
misogyny; woman-hater; misogynist
consequence; outcome; result; blame