to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
seven wonders (of a particular area); total mystery; enigma; conundrum
ghost story; tale of the supernatural
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
to like; to love; to be fond of
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person
some nerve (as in "you have some nerve to ...")
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
air-raid shelter; bomb shelter
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
else; in addition; besides
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
splish-splash; with a splash
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly