feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles
surely; certainly; without doubt
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
boring; dull; uninteresting
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
how many years; how long; what year
unrequited love; one-sided love
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
face value (of a security, bond, or currency); literal meaning; word for word (meaning); (at) face value
failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split
adds emphasis to the following verb or indicates that the action is done forcefully or violently
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
desperately; for one's dear life
attack; attack (on a difficult task); tackling; making an assault (on a summit); attack
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
school; proofreading; proof
only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)
having no way of knowing; being completely ignorant of
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
third-year student; third-year pupil
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
home; household; family; hearth
to cross one's mind; to occur to one