how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
uncertain; unreliable; inauthentic; insecure
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
expression; presentation; representation; notation
serious; severe; grave; acute
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
coming out; emerging; being born into (a certain family); being a native of (a particular place)
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
to become used to the (ways of the) world; to become worldly or sophisticated
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
willpower; energy; vitality
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
young person; youth; young
blood spilt from the body; blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
muscles and bones; body build; physique; cartilage
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
Hercules; Herakles; Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules)
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)