extermination (of pests); eradication; stamping out (e.g. a social evil)
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
very likely; very probable
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
how many people; a number of people
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
with a start; with a jump
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
plastic bottle (made of polyethylene terephthalate); PET bottle
two (long cylindrical things)
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
with a click; with a snap
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
not worth mentioning; nothing special; nothing in particular; no notable ...
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
(ice cream) cone; (speaker) cone; (traffic) cone; corn; maize
all over; filled in; complete; total; clichéd; hackneyed; plaintext
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)