so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
way of talking; speaking style
patient; having a long fuse
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
you could say; you might say; verging on the
two (long cylindrical things)
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
amount of material resources
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
secret; private; surreptitious
overly optimistic; easygoing; irresponsible; naive; simple-minded
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
large amount of money; great cost
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
power; might; authority; influence
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
a head (e.g. taller or shorter); noticeable difference (in competitors' results)