to permit; to allow; to approve; to consent to ; to forgive; to pardon; to excuse; to tolerate ; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to release; to let off ; to acknowledge; to admit ; to trust; to confide in; to let one's guard down ; to give up (points in a game, distance in a race, etc.); to yield
expressly; especially; specially; taking the trouble (to do); going to the trouble of (doing); going out of one's way (to do) ; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather ; by no means; not readily ; middle; half-way point ; excellent; wonderful; very good
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much; roughly; so far as it goes; technically ; tentatively; for the time being ; just in case ; once
terrible; dreadful ; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); wonderful; terrific ; to a great extent; vast (in numbers) ; awfully; very; immensely
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to cool off; to abate; to be settled; to be brought under control ; to be at peace; to be governed well ; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated; to get better; to ease off