expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
silence (not speaking); muteness
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
contest (of strength or skill)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
landing; alighting; touch down
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
to pierce through; to break through
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
atmospheric current; air current; airflow
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
dizzyingly; to feel dizzy
moment (of force); momentum
pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency
night view; night skyline; nightscape
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to be touching; to be moving
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
suspension (usu. vehicle)
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to sink (into); to get depressed