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violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
garden (esp. with trees); park
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
sixth day of the month; six days
to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
to finger; to tamper (with)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
active; dynamic; energetic
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool
even though things may appear this way
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
third day of the month; three days
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of