scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
odds and ends; all; every
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; trivial (e.g. scheme); transparent; trifling (e.g. matter)
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
same generation; one's generation
to smile (at); to grin (at)
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
anything and everything; just about everything
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
silence (not speaking); muteness
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to have an eye on; to zero in on
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
to get hungry; to become hungry
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
great difference; major mistake
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover