cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to wash away; to sweep away; to carry away
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
to jump from one thing to another
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
gliding (through the air)
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly
(air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; indifferently; blankly; vacantly; absentmindedly
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life
to crumble away; to collapse
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
patterns of thinking; train of thought
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)