consent; assent; understanding; agreement; comprehension; grasp
calm; composed; cool; quiet
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to strike each other; to come to blows; to fight; to say (useless things, facetious remarks, etc.) to each other
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
deadly serious; deadly earnest
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
holder (of a record, title, permit, etc.)
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion
with a twitch; with a jerk; with a flutter; with a dip; with a bob
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to exert oneself; to make efforts
very small; tiny; insignificant
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
leading person; foremost figure
eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
military man; warrior; soldier
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
leisurely; slowly; soon; shortly; here and there; scattered