to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to need; to demand; to take; to require
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to look away; to avert one's eyes
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
to complain; to make a complaint
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.); (fig.) to come to an end
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
anger; resentment; indignation; chagrin; irritation
unable to clear away one's ill feeling; not able to do anything (about...)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
silence (not speaking); muteness