embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
clearing one's throat; cough
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
ago; since; before; previous
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
speech; expression; wording; language
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
talking while standing; standing around talking
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
home area; home town; local
to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
meeting; rendezvous; romantic encounter; date
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
in name only; titular; nominal
physical work; manual labour (labor)
net weight; useful part; actual content; real; effective
trivial; not amounting to much
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
person in charge; competent (authority, minister, etc.)
prime contract work; prime contractor
last ray of hope; only hope
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord