unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to stretch (unbend) oneself
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
unique; peculiar; singular
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
at least; at most; (even) just
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
after that; afterwards; thereafter
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
long-established; old-established; traditional
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention