blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to pour oil on (something); to anoint with oil; to turn up; to add fuel (e.g. to a dispute); to rev up
particularly; only; in the case of
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
with spirit; courageously; resolutely
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
effusiveness; gushing; shrillness
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
the place for; the time for; the level of
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)
to grimace; to make a wry face
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
settlement; solution; resolution
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
(sound effect for) collapsing; losing strength; slumping; losing balance
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
to be needed; to be wanted