how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
such; this sort of; like this
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
matter for the future; something that is a long way off; something that is not going to happen anytime soon
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
to have an eye on; to zero in on
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
beautiful boy; pretty boy; handsome boy
meaning; significance; sense
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
male homosexuality; sodomy; (arch.) male prostitute
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
veil of darkness; curtain of night
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
so; therefore; and; (and) then
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
to think nothing of ...; to care nothing for ...; to be undaunted by ...; to defy ...; to brave ...; to pay no attention to ...