to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
vehicle; horse-drawn carriage
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
one act (play, etc.); scene; event
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
sixth day of the month; six days
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
early on; earlier on; from early
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
second; number two; runner-up