unexpectedly; surprisingly
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
to pluck; to pick; to tear
listening device; bug; wiretap
interception (email); wiretap; bug
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to forget to say; to forget to mention
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
particularly; only; in the case of
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
how many people; a number of people
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
handful; small amount; small number
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
scale; scope; plan; structure