good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to be the ruin of (a person)
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
even more; still more; further
to blaze; to burn brightly
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls
resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability; reliability
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
easily; effortlessly; changing completely; plink (sound of something light falling or rolling)
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
fully prepared; all ready
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
to push (something) against
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on