emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
voice quality; type of voice
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
woman; female; feminine gender
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
sympathy; empathy; response
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
being addicted to; being wholly absorbed by; falling ill; becoming sick
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
at someone's (something's) mercy
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
to rise; to erect; to get up
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively