selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
prescription; formulation; formula; recipe
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
personal attendant; valet; maid
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
good impression; favorable impression
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
expressing one's mind; speaking out
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
to go along; to walk along; to follow
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
gradually; slowly but steadily
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
to blaze; to burn brightly
the reverse; other side; lining
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
nape (of the neck); nucha
heart; guts; nerve; central part
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
one's possessions; ownership
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored