crushing; squashing; crumpling; crinkling (into a broad smile); forming creases; forming wrinkles
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
astounding; tremendous; wild; crazy; exorbitant; outrageous
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
to lean (on, against); to rest (against); to recline; to rely on (someone); to depend on
to become better; to improve
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
that's the way it is; such is life
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
whole face; all over one's face
to become possible; to become able to (do)
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
very loose; slowly; leisurely
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance