hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
three-digit number; hundreds column
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
kindergarten pupil; kindergartener
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor
disqualification; unfitness; noncompliance
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
to turn upside down; to turn (face) downward
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
curse; spell; malediction
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
to take a breather; to take a rest; to take a break
break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
dramatic pose; grand gesture; grandstanding
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
triumphant pose assumed by an athlete
more than anything; above all else
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
the right person in the right place
the opposite sex; isomerism
(many) years; long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart