to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
desperately; for one's dear life
when you really think about it; on reflection; in actual fact; once again (fashionable, popular, etc.); back (in style)
to bawl; to cry; to scream
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
all night; throughout the night
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
the reverse; other side; lining
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
to have an eye on; to zero in on
either way; in any case; one way or another
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
unknown; strange; I don't care; that's irrelevant; whatever
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it