to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
hard to please; difficult; particular; bad-tempered; in a bad mood; displeased
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue
straightforwardly; in an outspoken manner
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
wherein; therein; thereinto
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
frequency (of occurrence)
not a chance; not likely; no way; oh no; yuck; eew
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
hateful; detestable; loathsome
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
lovers' talk; whispered intimacies
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
hot (to the touch); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
riot; rebellion; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
if so; in that case; in that situation
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth