making efficient; optimization
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to have an eye on; to zero in on
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
unable to back out; unable to withdraw; unable to stop; unable to compromise
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
clear; precise; definite; distinct
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
innate ability; innate talent; natural gift
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to comfort; to console; to amuse
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
heating power; thermal power; firepower
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
now that you say that; now that you mention it
flash (of light); glint; schiller
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
convenient; handy; useful
treatment; service; handling; management
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to be found; to be discovered
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")