to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
to cover up; to hush up; to shroud in darkness; to have a secret abortion
personal; individual; private
death penalty; capital punishment
it is not (like that) either
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
you could say; you might say; verging on the
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
particularly; only; in the case of
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
remembrance; recollection; recognition
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
just past noon; afternoon