terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
imagination; supposition; guess
to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
unappealing; uninteresting; lacking charm
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
extreme close-up (photo, shot)
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate
youthful; young; young-looking
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
reality; actuality; hard fact
severe; strict; tough; hard
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble