half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
to increase; to add to; to augment
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
daring and resolute; having dauntless courage
being entrusted with; taking charge of
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
estimate (of costs); budget
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
increase (in an amount of money)
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
cause for concern; reasons for uneasiness
(necessary) personnel; required person
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
failure; mistake; blunder
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
it is no use crying over spilt milk
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
to think of; to come up with
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)