hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)
to hit hard; to strike hard
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
(with a) whizz; hiss; zip; easily; with ease
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring; acting freely; doing as one pleases
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
they; those guys; those fellows
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
like this; this sort; this way
critical; judgmental; censorious; negative
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
interval; break; rift (in clouds)
to try to do; to attempt to do
to come and go; to go back and forth
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
noisily (from many people talking); in a commotion; with a rustling sound (of leaves, branches, etc.); with a rippling sound (of the surface of a lake, etc.); feeling a chill; with a chill (up one's spine)
puffing (e.g. cigarette smoke); bobbing (to the surface); floating lightly
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
street; quarter; district; area
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor