great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
fine jewel; article of excellent quality; beautiful woman; beauty
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
great joy; delight; jubilation
to cheer; to applaud; to jeer; to mock; to make fun of
false membrane; pseudomembrane
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
rearguard; rear guard; back (player)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
too (much); overly; excessively
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
to like; to love; to be fond of
one end; an end; part; fragment
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
way; method; means; resource; course
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
priority level; degree of relative priority
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable