hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
precocity; early ripening; premature development
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
doing whatever one pleases
guess; speculation; supposition
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
to discuss; to talk together
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
to forget one's troubles by doing something enjoyable
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
accidental death; casualty
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
snowy; covered in deep snow
what did you do?; is anything the matter?; what seems to be the problem?; can I help you?
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
special; particular; peculiar; unique
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
to appease; to suppress; to calm
use; utilization; utilisation; application
preference; priority; precedence
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)