going into a frenzy; flying into a rage
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
good prospects; full of hope; promising
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
enclosing (e.g. with a letter)
(present) head of a family
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)
to be in the process of doing
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
origin; beginning; source; rise
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
warm; snug; cozy; cosy; comfortable; pleasant
old friend; familiar face
to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted
(the police) wanting (someone) for questioning; having (someone) on the wanted list
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
sudden change; complete change
based on; derived from; building on; beginning with
four-eyed; pattern of four squares
word game; wordplay; playing with words
based on; built on; made from
without the least difference; exactly; perfectly; to the inch
material for experiments; experimental material
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
(one) could even say that
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
complementation; supplementation; completion
comfort; consolation; diversion
to strangle; to constrict
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily