wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
without a doubt; completely; something out of the question; something outrageous; being utterly inferior; being helpless
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
to look slightly doubtful; to look puzzled; (lit.) to bend one's head slightly to one side
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches
guess; speculation; supposition
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
charming; fascinating; attractive
to comfort; to console; to amuse
great success; huge success
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
way; method; means; resource; course
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
sound of voice; vocal sound
it is I who should say so
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
unable to contain oneself; itching to do something; cannot sit still
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
long distance relationship
to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
probability; likelihood; chances
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning