encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
to steal or sneak or slip into
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation
fair and square; open and aboveboard
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
to dig up; to expose; to disclose
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
deliberation; (thoughtful) consideration; to consider a matter carefully
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
convenient; handy; useful
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
moving about; stirring about
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
incineration; destroy by fire
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip