to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
to push and push; to keep pushing to the end
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
something-something (e.g. platitudes, waffling); yada yada; so-and-so
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
race (of people); type of person
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
position; location; base; point; site
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
how long; how far; how much
professor; teaching; instruction
pale; pallid; bluish-white
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
feeling rough (of the throat); irritated