advance; moving forward; progress
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
true character; true heart; true spirit
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to flare up; to burst into flames
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
that; he; she; that person
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
utmost limits; extremity; limit
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
the scruff or nape of the neck
behind; in the rear; in back
soft to the touch (e.g. fur, feathers); fluffy; to stroke (something fluffy); to rub; to pat
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
continuation; succession; series
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
eternity; infinitude; immortality
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism