unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
what kind of business; what sort of matter
official business; public business
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
best article under heaven; peerless
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
indicate reason; infers some protest
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
spare time; free time; leisure time
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
surroundings; environs; circumference
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
(one) could even say that
calm before a storm; lull before the storm
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
any more; any further; any better; any longer
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
will not do; do not; does not
tradition; legend; folklore
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to be famous; to be celebrated; to be worthy of the name
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
on the sea; surface of the sea