carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
ex-husband; former husband
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
hostility; animosity; enmity
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
when it becomes; when it comes to
force (bulldoze) one's way through
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to complain; to lodge a complaint
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
impossible; unlikely; improbable
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
because of; owing to; due to
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
irritation; annoyance; frustration
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
recognizing anew; seeing something in a new light
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
unthinking; thoughtless; heedless; inconsiderate
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
that is to say; so that means