minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to become a (bad) habit; to become a habitual practice; to become addictive; to grow on one; to become moreish
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
a (single) moment; an instant
something; some kind of; for some reason
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
no, not like that (but like this)
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (of a cat)
having no way of knowing; being completely ignorant of
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
source of information; intelligence source; message source
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
retry; another try; another go
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
replication (of an experiment); verification (of experimental results); reproduction; supplementary examination; makeup exam
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
prompt decision; snap judgement; snap judgment
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success