to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
(with a) start; fright; alarm
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)
control; check; restraint; inhibition
feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
naked eye; the physical eye
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to lose one's temper; to throw a tantrum
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
individual; private person; personal; private
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
outside of; not covered by
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
conduct; behavior; behaviour
to keep an eye on; to keep a watchful eye on
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
hateful; detestable; loathsome
assertion; declaration; affirmation
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
utmost limits; extremity; limit
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart