to crowd; to flock; to swarm
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
to paint a picture; to draw a picture
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
part; portion; glimpse; bit
to show through; to be hinted at; to peek through; to shine through
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
interference; intervention; meddling
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
confusion; distraction; derangement
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
pride; boast; credit (to)
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
maintaining the status quo
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
feeling of transparency; sense of translucence; clear and unclouded feel (e.g. of a voice, skin, etc.); bright and limpid impression; transparency (of a process, activity, etc.); clarity of how things work
to subsist; to keep on living
big man; large man; tall man; giant
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour
besides; moreover; in addition; to make matters worse
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
uncool; tacky; lame; corny
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to decline (e.g. of morals); to be lost; to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
honest; upright; cleanhanded; unselfish
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
indie (artist, film, record label, etc.); independent production; independent company; independent publisher
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major