odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
to hand over; to surrender
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
again; once more; a second time
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to be kind to; to treat kindly
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
though; notwithstanding; although
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight