moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
item; something that one "just has to have"
to exercise one's ingenuity; to come up with an ingenious plan
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
process; course; mechanism
disgrace; humiliation; insult
youthful impetuosity; youthful vitality
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
sludge; slime; dregs; hopeless situation; hell; despair
government official; clerk
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
to become empty; to be emptied
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to arouse someone's interest; to whet (appetite); to be appealing; to be intriguing; to be fascinating
positioning; getting a position; taking a position
reception room; parlor; parlour
sign; indication; omen; symptom
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion