to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
welcome!; nice to see you!
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
a real man would (shut up and) ...
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
evaluation; criticism; commenting on; assessment; estimation
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
sequel; later development
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
postmark; (postal) cancellation mark
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to go out and away; to leave
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
order; sequence; procedure
to become inverted; to become reversed
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
tedious; boring; being fed up with
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
to subsist; to keep on living
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
don't worry about it; forget about it
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
speechless (with amazement); struck dumb; tongue-tied; dumbfounded
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
year after year; as the years go by; with each passing year
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size