good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
charming; fascinating; attractive
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
patiently; with perseverance
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
even if; even though; however; no matter how
shady; underhanded; questionable
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
to send or direct a person to
sour look; surly face; pout
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
blood relationship; blood relative
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
both; both sides; both parties
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
to move forward; to move on
cooperation; collaboration
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
half-crying; being on the verge of crying
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
sales; selling; marketing
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel