conviction; belief; confidence
explosive increase; rising dramatically; shooting up
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
beyond one's means or position
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
independent action; acting alone
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
to hide; to keep to oneself
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
inside; interior; inner part
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
scenery; scene; landscape
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
this (very thing); this precisely
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
rate; ratio; percentage; commission; poundage; percentage
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear; to be dispelled
to snap; to break (under pressure)