likability; favorability; popularity
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
to act tough; to act bad; to act worse than one really is
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus); balloonfish
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
promise; vow; engagement; convention; rule; resolution
price; cost; value; worth; value
preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
proposal; offer; request; application
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
personal affair; one's own affair
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
enumeration; citation; listing
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
imprudence; indiscretion; thoughtlessness
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal