to telephone; to make a phone call
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
program (e.g. TV); programme
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
spare time; free time; leisure time
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
interval; break; pause; spare moment
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
himself; yourself; herself
idiot; fool; idiocy; stupidity
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
old wound; scar; old unpleasant incident; past misdeed
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
putting life into; animating; cheering up
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow