stepping back; drawing back
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to thrust before; to thrust at
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
invisibly; secretly; privately
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
retort; back talk; backchat
to be silent; to say nothing
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
identifiable; personalized
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
recently; lately; these days
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to attack; to assault; to assail
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
one way or the other; either way
together; at the same time; same; identical
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
negotiations; discussions; connection
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)