reading aloud; recitation
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
in the end; at the end of the day
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
to puzzle; to perplex; to bewilder; to delude; to mislead; to fascinate
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
flustered; flurried; stuttering (e.g. an apology)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
very careful; thoroughly prepared
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
one eye; single lens (e.g. camera)
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)