through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
older sister; elder sister
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
(it won't be possible) on such short notice
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
being filled with; being full of; permeation
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
outspoken; forthright; frank; direct
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
production (e.g. play); direction
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
to be found; to be discovered
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)