acceleration; speeding up
to continue (going along some trend)
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
that's the way it is; such is life
to use X as a selling point
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
readership; target audience (of a magazine)
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
scene; sight; scenario; setting
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
film released direct-to-video
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to leave as is; to ignore
discovery; detection; finding
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
reason; cause; circumstances
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
apparent; obvious; very clear
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to feel keenly; to strike to the core; to touch to the quick; to pierce deep inside (e.g. cold)
to hand over; to surrender
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
boiled octopus; person as red as a lobster
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing