habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
proposal; proposition; suggestion
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to collect; to assemble; to gather
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
delicious; skillful; skilled; expert
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
absence; disregard; indifference
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to incur someone's enmity
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to shout (in anger); to yell
to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face
(wet) compress; poultice; fomentation
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
source; origin; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move