to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
spare time; free time; leisure time
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
egoistic; selfish; self-willed
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
fresh off the farm; inexperienced
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
breasts; boobies; tits; breast milk
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
trivial; not amounting to much
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
confused (situation); great fuss; much wrangling
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
king of the hill; king of the castle; king of the mountain
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
retort; back talk; backchat
superior; superiors; senior