sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)
brave woman; heroine; lady of character; Amazon
to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
rather; better; instead; if anything
assertion; declaration; affirmation
several weeks; a few weeks
to read the situation; to sense the mood
one large ...; a great ...
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
personal use; private use; private business; personal business
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action
to show up; to appear; to turn up
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
bubbliness (of a carbonated drink); sound of bubbles (of a carbonated drink); fluffiness (of a cake, souffle, whipped cream)
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something