flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
invitation; introduction; temptation
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
moment by moment; hour by hour
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
stormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin)
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
change of tone; variation (music); irregularity; modulation (in radio)
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
truant; school dropout; child who refuses to attend school
day after day; day by day
particularly; only; in the case of
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
to devise an elaborate plan; to exercise one's ingenuity; to work out a scheme
good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
(period of) a year; during an era
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant