before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
something small; something petty; trifle
scandal; deplorable event
orthopaedic surgeon; plastic surgeon
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
without permission; without notice
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
any; at all; in the least; even in a slight degree; ever
not worth doing; waste of effort
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
pioneering; path-breaking; trailblazing
this institution; this parliament; this hospital; this clinic
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
second; number two; runner-up
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
charming; fascinating; attractive
simply; merely; only; solely
providence; luck; favor; favour; advantage
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to get help; to enlist aid
to manage (to do successfully); to get through
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
a little more than; a little over; upwards of; (arch.) excess; (arch.) surplus; (arch.) remainder
time (three times, each time, etc.); times