briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to ask a question; to ask questions
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
information; experience; knowledge; observation
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
beginning; outset; first; onset
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
tendency; trend; inclination
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
(person) seeming like a genius; (having) the temperament of a prodigy
clear; precise; definite; distinct
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to be able to manage somehow or another
half and half; fifty-fifty
only; merely; but; no more than
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
resignation; acceptance; consolation
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
abandonment; giving up; bargain sale; selling off cheaply; edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary
active; dynamic; behavioural
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention