component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
everything; anything; nothing
boisterously; roughly; briskly
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address
to ask a question; to ask questions
commuting to school; school commute
to leave home; to leave one's parental roof; to leave the nest; to go out on one's own
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
almost every day; almost daily
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down