to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)
talk; recital; narration; topic
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
chronological order; time series
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
long time; long interval; for quite some time
presence; sitting with; being with
misconstruction; distortion; misinterpretation; misunderstanding; perversion; contortion
you can never be too careful
to equivocate; to beat around the bush
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
give him an inch and he'll take an ell; give him an inch and he'll take a yard
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
in person; personally; (do) oneself
hostile relations; hostile relationship
24 hours; twenty-four hours
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
cooking practice; (school) cooking class
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
outstandingly; extraordinarily; exceptionally
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)