to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
death from cold; freezing to death
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
to have a talk; to tell a story
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
to popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
please; somehow or other; one way or another