to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
smoothly; easily; readily
to state; to express; to mention
guidance; leadership; leading the way
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
not yet known; unknown; strange
to need; to call for; to require
the same generation; coeval
large number (of); many; majority
one's common name; one's popular name; alias; house name
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to stiffen; to become stiff
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
to happen to meet; to come across
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
thicket; coppice; brushwood