average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
comfort; consolation; diversion
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
to see through; to see the true nature of something
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life
all; entire; whole; altogether
just because; even if; even though
for some (unspecified) reason
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
outrageous lie; outright lie
the end justifies the means; circumstances may justify a lie
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
fast-talking; rapid talking
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to comfort; to console; to amuse
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
hiding one's embarrassment
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do