one by one; in detail; minutely
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
opposite; reverse; contrary
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
hostility; antagonism; opposition
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
function; facility; faculty; feature
unable to resist; unable to suppress
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
covering; protection; backing; relief
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
(going) all in (in poker)
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
to shout (in anger); to yell
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
cutting (cloth, paper); judgement; judgment; decision
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
cutting in round slices; round slice; dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)
manure; night soil; dung; something that will help one develop in the future
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing