dizzily; giddily; spinning; boiling up
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
to have one's attention caught (by); to be distracted (by); to be preoccupied (with); to be captivated (by); to be absorbed (in)
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to thrust down; to push off
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
both; both sides; both parties
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
worm; insect; insignificant person; pathetic person
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
to worry about what lies ahead (based on the current situation); to look bleak (for the future); to not bode well
break in time; interruption; pause
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
cold (attitude); indifferent; unsympathetic; aloof
giving something a try because one has nothing to lose
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
experiment; experimentation
mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
rather; sooner; preferably
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red