tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; standstill
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
to miss a chance; to fail to do
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings)
expressing oneself without words or gestures; force of personality
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
moderate; proper; just right
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
perm (hairstyle); permanent wave
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
stylish; smart; elegant; chic; refined; trim
cross; crossed; cruciform
way one dresses; way one looks like in certain clothes
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling