quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be
to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
putting on the market; putting on sale; making commercially available; commercial; off-the-shelf; store-bought
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
doctors; teachers; lawyers
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
unable to focus on ... (due to being preoccupied with something else); unable to concentrate on ...; unable to settle down to ...
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
faddist; follow-the-crowd type; poser; trend junkie; sheep
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
globular shape; spherical shape
aluminum foil; aluminium foil; tinfoil; silver-colored paper
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
offender; criminal; culprit
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
par; equivalence; face value; parity
cloth; tablecloth; wallpaper; wall fabric
x (mark); cross; MDMA; ecstasy; molly
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
as everyone knows; needless to say; obvious
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (stopping) suddenly (of communications, a practice, etc.); abruptly; completely
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that