to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
sharp; harsh; stinging; thorny; snappy
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
good-for-nothing; worthless
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
on the occasion of; at the time of
professor; teaching; instruction
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to add (to); to add on; to append
to be struck with terror; to be terrified; to be scared to death
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows