nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
having enough of (food, drink, etc.); having one's fill; fully enjoying
in the same way as; just like
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
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
after school (at the end of the day)
outside of; not covered by
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
reformatory; juvenile training school; reform school; youth detention center (centre)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
imprudence; indiscretion; thoughtlessness
to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
morning assembly (at a company, school, etc.); morning gathering
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
for heaven's sake (Pete's, mercy's, etc.); for pity's sake; oh stop; lay off
vulgar; mean; base; coarse; crude
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to blame; to find fault with
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect