courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
time; meter; beat; the moment (of doing); the instant
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
to two-time; to play it both ways; to sit on the fence
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
tightly; exactly; precisely; close-fitting (e.g. suit); firm (body); lean
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
favourable terms; favorable terms; favourable conditions; favorable conditions; place in the sun
clever; intelligent; bright; well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
occurrence; happening; incident; event
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness); cloud; shade; gloom
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance; to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with someone)
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort