incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
to turn reddish-brown; to turn rufous; to become discolored; to become discoloured
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
to wash away; to rinse off
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
reeling in by hand; winding by hand; spinning by hand; dragnet
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
world history; international history
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (rejecting) sternly; flatly; smartly; (dressing up) well
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
turmoil; chaos; confusion
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...