glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
pair; the two; both persons; both things
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
pitch dark; total darkness
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
either way; in any case; one way or another
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
word game; wordplay; playing with words
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
indescribable; having no way to express
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to come and go; to go back and forth
deadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end
for a while; for some time; for a period