deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
rearrangement (of classes); recomposition; recombination; reclassification
dwindling; declining; diminishing; tapering (to a point)
pessimism; disappointment
signs of defeat; adverse situation
chance (of success); odds
such; like that; that sort of; very
what action to take; what to do with oneself
bet; wager; stake; gamble
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
error; mistake; slip; bug
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling
one large ...; a great ...
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
tall building; high-rise building
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
difficult problem; challenge
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
nice; likeable; desirable
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
to be touching; to be moving
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
visual hallucination; vision
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
authority; power; function
disorder; disturbance; unrest
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try