performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
to become desperate; to give in to despair
speech; expression; wording; language
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
indecisively; hesitantly; irresolutely; wishy-washily
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
virtue; charm; merit; good point
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
difference; variation; difference
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
stupid; dim-witted; dense; dull; obtuse; slow
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
worm; insect; insignificant person; pathetic person
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to smear all over; to slather on; to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly; to bedaub (with paint)
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
self-torturing; masochistic
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end