soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
end; tip; extremities; rank and file; part of an organisation furthest from the centre
thousands; several thousand
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
jam-packed; packed in like sardines
niche (market, industry, hobby, etc.); niche; niche
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
forcibly; by force; against one's will
to push aside; to push one's way through
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
with a light pull; with a gentle tug; with a small motion
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
to be overcome with emotion
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to be too numerous; to be too much