to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to lose sight of; to miss
in search of; in order to look for
troubled face; worried expression
to spend time (on doing something)
under investigation; under consideration; under review; pending (decision, etc.); awaiting verification
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
it hasn't been long since
evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation
two blessings at once; flanked by two beautiful women
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to take precautions; to set a guard against attack
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to think (something) strange
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
young and cheeky; brash; sassy
to bail out (water); to scoop out
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
question; inquiry; enquiry
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
troublesome; annoying; complicated
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something