incident; affair; happening; event
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
simmering; (boiling) gently
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
such; like that; in that way
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
in form; ceremonial; for form's sake; pro forma
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
level of comfort (of objects you sit on)
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
to show up; to appear; to turn up
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
if so; in that case; in that situation
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
to outwit; to get the better of; to overcome a superior opponent and leave him speechless
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
to get over a bad mood; to get back in a good mood; to brighten up; to recover one's temper; to feel oneself again
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far