to finger; to touch; to play with; to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
concealment; suppression; hiding
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
event; phenomenon; matter
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
capable of anything; liable to do
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
to finish reading; to read through
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
means of communication; media of communication; organ of communication; tool of communication
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
to have meaning; to be meaningful
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
only recently; just of late
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
sincere; honest; faithful
to breathe out; to exhale
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted