to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
taste; palate; sense of taste
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
just one person; only one
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
without delay; smoothly; without a hitch
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
study; library; den; home office; reading room
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
one by one; in detail; minutely
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
powerful person; influential person
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
three persons; three parties
to go along; to walk along; to follow
calm; composed; leisurely
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
to be in danger of; to be liable to
to remain married for life
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes