to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
progress; advance; improvement; development
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
regular matches in an official tournament
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
opposite side; other side; other party
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
dramatic turn-around; major reversal; great comeback; game changer
impossible; unlikely; improbable
slim; slender; slight; delicate
as you see; as you can see
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for