growth; development; stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up); (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.); elongation; extension
to annoy; to irritate; to cause offence; to provoke; to get on someone's nerves
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
average value; mean value; mean; expectation
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
tall figure; high stature
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to insert; to put in; to come in (of light); to shine in; to have a griping pain (in the stomach, chest, etc.)
scale; scales; bathroom scale; weighing machine
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
personal; individual; private
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
great hurry; great haste; rush
syringe; hypodermic needle; injector
largish; biggish; on the large side; slightly larger; a little larger
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up
damply; moistly; clammily; stickily
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
manner of using one's hands
drawing blood; collecting blood
don't let your guard down; carelessness is the great enemy; danger comes soonest when it is despised
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
illness; condition; -pathy
extensive knowledge; erudition; learned; erudite; well-informed
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
to feel under pressure; to feel impatient; to be in a hurry