faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
virile; tough; masculine; intense
several times; a few times
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
to talk to oneself; to mutter
hateful; detestable; loathsome
one's bosom friend; kindred-spirit
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
warm; snug; cozy; cosy; comfortable; pleasant
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
leader; central personage
girl; lass; young thing; chick
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
living thing; living creature; animal; life
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
to drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences); to wedge apart
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
just one person; only one
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up; pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to)
supporting role (actor); minor role
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
in a positive sense of the word; in the best sense of the word; in a good way
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise