mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to finger; to tamper (with)
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
sudden change; complete change
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to becalm one's feelings; to compose oneself
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to force open; to push open
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
summertime; summer season
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
heart-pounding; exciting; thrilling; to have one's heart pound; to be thrilled