to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to work without sleep or rest
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
piece; fragment; one (object)
middle and high-school students
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
(social) position; status
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
door; gate; opening; title page
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
rather; better; instead; if anything
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
coarse, low-grade tea; tea (often used when offering someone a cup)
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
outer surface; outward appearance; outside; outside; outer; outward
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
to become inverted; to become reversed
everything; anything; nothing
(committee) chairman; president
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted