position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
tailspin; spin; drilling; boring
good performance; good work; great success
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
silence; stillness; quietness
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
absorption; suction; attraction
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
moment; brief space of time
odds and ends; all; every
to differ a little (esp. of two or several versions)