to gain strength; to have energy
out of character; unlike one
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
trouble; bother; annoyance
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
and; thereupon; because of that
different thing; another question; different case
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
without; but if; otherwise; or else
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
who on earth; just exactly who; who the heck
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
not worth considering; out of the question
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source