to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
to look down on; to make light of
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
chain; series; connection; linkage
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
negative emotions; negative feelings
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
anything and everything; just about everything
gradually; by degrees; little by little; 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
to suck; to draw out; to aspirate; to start to suck; to begin sucking
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
to pretend; to act (as if)
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
to talk; to carry meaning
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to make up the number; to have a complete set of
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me