promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
destination (one is heading towards); goal
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to stop (someone) by throwing one's arms around them; to catch (someone) in one's arms; to hold (someone) back
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
mask; disguise; guise; mask
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
to thrust away; to send flying
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to approach; to draw near
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx