makeshift; temporary expedient; stopgap measure
give-and-take; give and take
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
firm; strong; solid; stable
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
one more time; once more; once again
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
to squeeze out; to wring out
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
to love; to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
inversion; opposition; conflicting; repulsion; contradiction