lack of self-reliance; depending on others
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
gazing at (in wonderment)
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
stillness; repose; standing still
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to pay the bill; to settle an account
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
by myself; in person; by oneself
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
steering; piloting; flying; management; handling; control
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
second-hand shop; curio shop
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
relatively; comparatively
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to rank next to; to come after
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.