to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
softly; mildly; gently; politely
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
observation; survey; watching
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
something; some kind of; for some reason
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
silence (not speaking); muteness
to talk; to chat; to chatter
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
special training; intensive training; crash course
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
incident; affair; happening; event
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
secret; private; surreptitious
to have a talk; to tell a story