estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
cola (carbonated soft drink); kola tree (Cola acuminata, etc.); cola tree
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
synchronization; synchronized swimming
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
remarkably; noticeably; considerably; appreciably
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
the same generation; coeval
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
in that manner; like that
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
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
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
deep affection; dear; beloved
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)