wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
conditionally; with conditions attached
unthinking; thoughtless; heedless; inconsiderate
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
depending on; dependent on
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
opening fully; full throttle; full power
to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
major loss; crushing defeat; big discount
all one has; all one's possessions
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
all over; all over the place; everywhere
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
to puzzle; to perplex; to bewilder; to delude; to mislead; to fascinate