natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
adjusting one's makeup; renovation; remodeling; redecoration
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
like this; in this way; as you see
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to be nervous; to be sensitive; to worry; to be fussy; to be precise
the same generation; coeval
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to surround; to crowd around
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
sympathy; compassion; pity
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
mwahahaha (evil laughter)
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
reek of desperation; feeling of desperation
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible