small fraction; small proportion
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
feeling of emptiness; sense of void
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
admonition; remonstrance; expostulation
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
one way or the other; either way
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
information; news; report; reward; retribution
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
each and every person (saying); one and all; unanimously; in unison; separately; individually
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)