reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
particularly; only; in the case of
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
tool; implement; means; furniture
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to accord someone every courtesy
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
family; members of a family
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently