sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
inspection; examination; check
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
suddenly; all of a sudden
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
consequence; outcome; result; blame
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
beauty of slender female legs