creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
one-hit wonder; flash in the pan; all-or-nothing gambler; one-shot speculator; slugger; home-run batter
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
to pick up; to find; to gather
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
hostility; antagonism; opposition
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
to watch over; to watch attentively
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
another time; some other time
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
secretly (cheer, pray, etc. for someone); in secret; from the sidelines; at a distance
to look forward to something
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)