to congratulate; to wish (someone) well; to celebrate
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
to give one's first cry (of a newborn baby); to be born; to come into being; to be formed
suddenly; all of a sudden
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
stridor; wheezing; noisy breathing
one after another; in rapid succession
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn
to cease; to stop; to be over
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
contraction; narrowing; stricture; stenosis
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
telecommunications; correspondence
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
dealing with; coping with
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
other than; excluding; without
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
and; thereupon; because of that
memory; sense; experience
to grimace; to make a wry face
taking action although it may result in death; acting while being fully prepared to die