close; intimate; on good terms
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
to say no more; to sink into silence
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
seriously; no kidding; joking aside; in all seriousness
anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
laptop (computer); notebook (computer)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
time; season; period; phase; stage
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
inflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down); overcharging; exaggeration
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)