Impressive. You know big words.
“No, no... put away your wallet, please, I beg you.”
And here I was ready to give you my two cents. You really shouldn’t beg, it negates the impression you give of being proud and vain. ;)
Oh, now. Don't sulk, for pity's sake. How could I possibly know, beforehand, which words you might find dauntingly "big" or otherwise? (Nothing I've used here, thus far, seems terribly "big" to me... but: mileage varies, doubtless.)
it negates the impression you give of being proud and vain. ;)
Your impressions, whatever they might be, are (blessedly) your own load to struggle under, and not my own. And the obverse applies as well, of course. ;)