earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
evening; night; nighttime
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
upward adjustment; upward revision
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
expressing oneself without words or gestures; force of personality
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
comprehension; understanding
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
arrangement; pact; agreement
to harbor suspicion; to harbour suspicion
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
stating (one's views); expressing
going along with something; following the crowd; treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner
providence; luck; favor; favour; advantage
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
to set a deadline; to fix a time limit
with a fixed time; with a deadline
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion; being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with