(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
maintaining a reasonable distance; keeping a proper distance; being neither too close nor too distant; taking a neutral position
to pretend; to act (as if)
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
etc.; et cetera; and so on
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
protective wall; defensive wall; barrier; bulwark
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
exceptional item; extraordinary product
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
neglecting; ignoring; paying no attention to; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to become dim; to become blurred
becoming turbid; becoming muddy; becoming muddled (of thoughts, senses, etc.); growing dim (of consciousness); disorder; chaos
union; joining; conjugation
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright