lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings)
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
way of speaking; intimation
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
steel tower; electricity pylon; transmission tower
to pressure; to put pressure (on); to press
twice; again; second time
thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
level ground; horizon; field of view
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
right (to do something); authority; power
sedative; tranquilizer; tranquiliser
alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically
easygoing; optimistic; conceited