remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
pointing out; identification
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
to do for (the sake of someone else)
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
(not) so much; (not) that much
to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder