to stare in wonder; to be amazed
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
by sheer strength; by brute force
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
thicket; bush; clump of bushes
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
quick work; (clever) feat
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
moment to quit; way to quit
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
four (long cylindrical things)