reply; response; -less; sexless (relationship); loess
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
with a twitch; with a jerk; with a flutter; with a dip; with a bob
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
covered with; stained; smeared
to complain; to make a complaint
in puffs; in whiffs; in flashes
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
(attacking and) sinking (a ship); sending (a ship) to the bottom; crushing defeat; utter failure; complete exhaustion; collapsing (onto a bed, desk, etc.)
down payment; contract money
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
suspicious-looking; fishy
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
4th day of the month; four days
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
fall; drop; descent; coming down
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in (e.g. mud); to get bogged down in; to get lodged in
being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
to admire (someone's courage); to approve of (someone's ambition)
of little importance; trivial; worthless; valueless
digest; summary; abridgment
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
with a sting; with a tingle; nervously; tensely; with a rip; with a ripping sound
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around