to triumph; to be elated with success
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
though one didn't intend (expect) to
fine-looking; beautiful; handsome; graceful; elegant
being startled; getting a shock
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
Boston bag; overnight bag; traveling bag (travelling)
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
meaning; significance; sense
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
serious; not joking; straight
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)