feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
restive horse; unmanageable person (esp. a woman); shrew; stubborn tomboy
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
to take the blame; to take responsibility; to assume liability; to bear the burden
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt
in the same way as; just like
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (of the economy, a project, etc.); losing momentum; loss of efficiency
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
throat; important part; vital area
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to increase; to add to; to augment
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
to put one's strength into