distinctive; characteristic
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
innermost depths of one's heart
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to be found; to be discovered
physical condition; state of health; shape
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
soldier; combatant; warrior
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
tough guy; wild one; veteran (in a particular field); expert; person of surprising audacity; someone with a lot of nerve