quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
regret; repentance; remorse
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to talk; to chat; to chatter
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to thrust away; to send flying
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to shake one's head (in denial)
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
deep blue sky; bottomless blue sky
library (usu. single-room); small library
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
in the end; at the end of the day
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
only recently; just of late
marching orders; sailing orders
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means