achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to be transparent; to show through
physical condition; state of health
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
red hair; Westerner (esp., originally, the Dutch)
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
fluent (in a language); flowing
concreteness; feasibility
very interesting; of great interest
to be touching; to be moving
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
handrail; railing; banister
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase