heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
main question; real issue at hand
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
apartment with one bedroom and a kitchen
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
kitchen; financial situation
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to perceive; to understand
to overflow from something full
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to get between; to be caught in
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
to stiffen; to become stiff
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
hard struggle; strenuous effort
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort