to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to be exhausted; to be tired out
drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
to talk; to chat; to chatter
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
to grimace; to make a wry face
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
guess; conjecture; surmise
big talk; boasting; bragging
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
duty; obligation; responsibility
something like ...; something called ...
disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide
subject (of a medical experiment, etc.); test subject; trial subject; examinee (of a full-body scan, etc.)
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
to result in death; to lead to death; to be fatal (e.g. disease)
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
to serve; to work for; to attend
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
generation; lifetime; age
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
while; during; performed in this condition
largest class; top category
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
degree of familiarity; popularity