brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
to take a breath; to take a short rest
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
denting; buckling; giving (in); bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; bowing and scraping
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really
country bumpkin; yokel; hick
to speak with an accent; to mispronounce; to be corrupted (of word)
bilingual; in two languages
to jump from one thing to another
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
cannot help (laughing, feeling sympathy, etc.); cannot hold back (tears, anger, etc.); cannot suppress
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
falling with a splat; oozing; dripping
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
heroic legend; legend of heroes
to pour forth; to spill out
retry; another try; another go
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
same generation; one's generation
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick
crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack
some nerve (as in "you have some nerve to ...")
variable; changeable; convertible; controllable
sleeping powder; sleeping drug; narcotic; anaesthetic; anesthetic