to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to stop walking; to pause
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
backward flow; backflow; countercurrent; reflux; regurgitation
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (voice); fluent (speech); eloquent
cool breeze; refreshing breeze
quickly (e.g. pushing up one's glasses); with a light pull; with a sharp tug (e.g. at a sleeve)
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
adjoining each other; next to each other; being in close proximity to something; being constantly exposed to (danger, etc.)
together with; same; both; all; including ...
shuffle (of playing cards, etc.); rearranging (in a random order); shaking (a container to mix ingredients, etc.)
to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to be nervous; to be sensitive; to worry; to be fussy; to be precise
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
main point; essential point; important thing; necessity; need; requirement
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
to fire into; to shoot into
to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
severe wound; serious wound; gash
freely; right and left; as one pleases
to run about; to rush about
natural; inborn; innate; inherent; characteristic