My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
moment by moment; hour by hour
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
when it becomes; when it comes to
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
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.)
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
proper; right; reasonable
to hand over; to turn over; to cede
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold); to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)
until now; so far; up to the present
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
silence; stillness; quietness
pride; dignity; self-respect
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated
to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires
to sit in a row; to be present (and lined up)
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know