verbalization; putting into words
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly
anything and everything; just about everything
expectation; anticipation; forecast
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
being filled with; being full of; permeation
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
plan; scheme; stratagem; trick; trap; plot
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
to do someone in; to bump someone off
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
outside of one's area of expertise; outside one's field
simply put; putting it simply; in short
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
soon; before long; in the near future
great hurry; great haste; rush
stairs; rank; grade; guide; guidebook; slanted ladder (exercise equipment)
to ascend; to go up; to climb
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy