briskly; quickly; promptly
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
naughty; mischievous; unruly
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
will not do; do not; does not
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
to make sense; to be meaningful
guardian; protector; patron; parent
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
frequency (of occurrence)
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
massing (of troops); gathering
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic