to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
for this very reason; that is exactly why
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
variety show (on TV or radio)
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
timewise; temporal; chronal
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
determination; resolution
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to anticipate; to foresee
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
don't worry; there's no need to worry
conviction; belief; confidence
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
single word; a few words; brief comment
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
like that; that way; thus
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
being startled; getting a shock
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)