to be full of pride; to be boastful
self-justification; excuse
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
each and all; every single one; everybody
to break a dam; to burst out
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
instead; but (on the other hand)
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
exactly alike (in appearance); like two peas in a pod; (practically) identical; spitting image (of); carbon copy (of)
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
phantom; vision; illusion
as if nothing had happened
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
assembling a criminal case
now that; since; as long as; provided that
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
hungrily; voraciously; ravenously; greedily; avariciously; eagerly
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
sentimental; mushy; saccharine; sickly-sweet; sugary
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
matter of time; question of time
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray