rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
to stare back (at); to glare back
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
preparatory meeting; preparatory committee
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
headquarters; head office; main office
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
even though; despite; when
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to overdo; to do too much
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
lowish; somewhat low; on the low side; low (ball)
figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
androgynous; gender-neutral
pushing; support; backing; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
person who is hard to please; difficult person; grouch; sourpuss
first meeting; first interview with
to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
horn; alarm; whistle; foghorn