to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
tough measure; firm step; strong measure
medical office (esp. in a hospital); doctor's office
outsider; someone outside of a group
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly
lanky person; beanpole; lamppost; tall and thin; lanky
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus
newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie
in good health; alive and well; going strong
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
castration; neutering; gelding; enervation; emasculation; taming
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
scale; scope; plan; structure
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
way of calling (something or someone)
unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
wisdom of age; sagacity of one's years; old-man's wisdom
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
to kick down; to oust (a rival) to advance oneself; to push (someone) aside to get ahead
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
reduced scale; scaling down
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle