to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
front; frontage; facade; main
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
(arch.) to rub into; to train for; to prepare for
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
(clenched) fist; knuckles
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
name; given name; first name
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
failure; mistake; blunder
like this; this sort; this way
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
god of death; death deity; Death
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
in one's own way or style
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
pipsqueak; little runt; midget; dwarf
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...