better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
staying behind; remaining; residual
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
story; tale; talk; discussion
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to hold one's nose; to pinch one's nose
to manage something successfully; to be successful
study; diligence; discount; reduction
highly conscious; highly aware; well-versed; highly knowledgable
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
inside one's heart; in one's mind
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
understood; I see; OK; present; here
button (clothing); push-button
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
speaking voice; talking voice
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
articulation; speaking one's lines smoothly; reciting one's lines well
existence; possession; having; limited company
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)