to move forward; to move on
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
older brother and younger sister
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
to give permission to marry
fuse; pilot light; cause (of a war, argument, revolt, etc.); origin; trigger
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to remain married for life
to step forward; to volunteer
to be perturbed; to be agitated
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to forget completely; to leave behind
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on