speech; expression; wording; language
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
one way or the other; either way
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
danger; peril; hazard; risk
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to increase; to add to; to augment
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
rest; break; recess; intermission
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to blow off; to be blown off
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
trembling from fear; trembling all over
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to weave into; to interweave; to be incorporated in; to be factored in
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself