to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
to be worn down; to be reduced
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
obviously known; open secret; clear for all to see; being found out
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
disorder; disturbance; unrest
cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; dear me!; thank God!
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
to grumble; to be unsettled; to grizzle
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
to be scattered around; to be all over the place
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
attractiveness; charm; amiability
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
prescription; formulation; formula; recipe
poisonous; toxic; addictiveness
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
treatment; service; handling; management
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
tough measure; firm step; strong measure
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement