blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to lean against; to set against
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
to step forward; to volunteer
relatively; comparatively
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering
to be able to manage somehow or another
single standard; single base; single-feature show
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
tattling; telling on (someone)
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
murder; killing; murderer
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school