good bye; I'm off; see you later
whispering; private talk; talking (during a class, lecture, etc.)
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
cunning and experienced in the ways of the world; crafty and worldly-wise; sly old (fox)
to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding; to act formally; to act stiffly
bluff; false show of power; bold front
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
to care for someone; to look after someone
noninterference; leaving something to take its own course; giving someone a free hand with something
idle talk; chit-chat; gossip
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
God only knows what may happen
rumbling; (ringing) cadence
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
sticky; gummy; gooey; tenacious; persistent; dogged
to make an appeal; to urge
adaptability; capacity for adaptation
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
vomit; spew; confessing; extremely; really
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
used up (tea leaves, coffee grounds); insipid (tea, coffee made from such leaves or grounds); watery
noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play
last ray of hope; only hope