expansion; swelling; increase; growth
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
central part; heart (of a city, etc.)
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
language of the natives; local language; native tongue; dialect; patois
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
haughty; holding one's head high
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
forced to use; forced into a position
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off