(top) half naked; naked above the waist
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
to rant and rave; to raise hell
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
fire fighting; extinguishing a fire
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly
lungs; bottom of one's heart; vital point
to squeeze out; to wring out
to take a breath; to take a short rest
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos
external wound; (physical) trauma
(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
meeting; greeting; welcome
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
to search for; to seek for; to look for
odds and ends; all; every
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
concession; conciliation; compromise
feeling; sense; impression
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to find out; to discover; to detect
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
plural; multiple; several
sequence; progression; several lines; several rows