incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
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
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
ago; since; before; previous
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
gifted education; special education for gifted children
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
one's view on love; one's philosophy of love
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
sexual experience (with women)
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
practicality; utility; usefulness
greed; worldly or materialistic desires
tone (of voice); manner of talking
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to pierce through; to break through
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to hand over; to surrender
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize