application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to show up; to appear; to turn up
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
to move forward; to move on
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to intervene; to stop (something)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
proposal; offer; request; application
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest