to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
to be thoughtful (of a gift, etc.); to be from the heart; to be made with loving care
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
indicate reason; infers some protest
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
person who has great confidence (faith) in himself
single word; a few words; brief comment
any more; any further; any better; any longer
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
to forget to mention; to leave unspoken; to let slip a secret
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else