starting work (on); setting to work (on); commencing (a crime); playing (a move)
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
trouble; bother; annoyance
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
by today; before the day is over
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
completion; perfection; accomplishment
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
to need; to call for; to require
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
tedious; verbose; wordy; redundancy
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
plot (of a novel, play, etc.); plotting (data)
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out