idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
genuine; authentic; true; real
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to be worried; to be troubled
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
maintaining the status quo
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to make sense; to be meaningful
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
(not so) much; (not) very
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
affected (appearance, attitude); stuck up; pompous; self-loving
strategy meeting; council of war
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr