alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
to be detained; to take time
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
honour; honor; glory; privilege
to raise one's voice; to shout
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
having ended; being resolved
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
to arrest; to capture; to seize
invitation; introduction; temptation
talk; recital; narration; topic
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
climax; peak; zenith; apex
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
certainly; surely; definitely
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
go that far; to that extent
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
to accept; to receive; to agree