expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
to make a speech; to address
in puffs; in whiffs; in flashes
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
sour look; surly face; pout
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
race (of people); type of person
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
interference; meddling; butting in
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
(not) even once; (not) ever
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
world; society; people; the public
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
such ... as; or some such
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)