to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
strong pressure; heavy pressure
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to cross (each other); to pass (each other); to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to have a misunderstanding; to go awry
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
the other day; a few days ago
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
superficial; shallow; frivolous; careless; sliding along the surface of something; being slippery
to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
concreteness; feasibility
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to call each other; to call out to one another
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo