powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
moderate; proper; just right
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level