with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
declaration of war; proclamation of war
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
classical music; classic; classical; classic (work); the classics
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
encryption; encoding; encipherment
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
stand; rest; setting (of a gem); mounting; stock (in grafting); counter for machines and vehicles; level (e.g. price level)
what do you want?; can I help you?
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
telecommunications company; telco
at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
thieving cat; adulterer; homewrecker
debauched; lewd; lascivious; lecherous; salacious; wild
base (of a polygon); bottom (of the social scale); lower levels; base (e.g. of support); foundation
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
great disaster; catastrophe; train wreck
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
calming down; quieting down