good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
to fold up; to fold into layers
to slide into; to slip into
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
to care for someone; to look after someone
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
to pick out item(s) from a group to keep
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
extremely dangerous; full of peril
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
reproachful; hateful; bitter
man; male; masculine gender
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
racing noisily (in a car, motorcycle, etc.); roaring (e.g. down the street)