gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
to take someone's life; to kill someone
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
majestic; commanding; imposing; stately; dignified; with pomp and circumstance
perfect; complete; flawless
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
counter for choices, options, etc.
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to correct oneself; to restate
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
sympathy; empathy; response
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to lose sight of; to miss
crisp (like a pickle); crunchy; firm (musculature); stiff (shoulders, neck, etc.)
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
to be able to manage somehow or another
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
to face on; to look out on to