left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
proper; respectable; decent; honest
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to be a matter of life or death; to be life-threatening
it is assuredly (that) ...; can say with confidence that it is ...
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
weird; disgusting; sickening
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
good person; virtuous person; good-natured person; gullible person
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
good bargain; (a) find; godsend; (a) steal
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff
suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to crawl towards; to creep up to
preliminary test or trial; tryout; workout; warm-up
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
another thing; exception; special case
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
weird; disgusting; sickening
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that