unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
broken; intermittent; disconnected
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
another thing; exception; special case
fresco; mural; wall painting
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
to stiffen; to become stiff
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
such; this sort of; like this
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
fast-talking; rapid talking
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
(short) rest; breather; break
physical condition; state of health
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may