reality; actuality; hard fact
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
to be conspicuous; to stand out
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
contradiction; inconsistency
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
many; numerous; various; large number of
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
in succession; one by one
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)