well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
many; much; plenty; hardly
book; volume; this; present; main; head
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
modesty; humility; being humble
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
beginning; commencement; first (one comes to); approaching; affability; approachability
difficult to ...; hard to ...
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
bubbliness (of a carbonated drink); sound of bubbles (of a carbonated drink); fluffiness (of a cake, souffle, whipped cream)
water's edge; shore; waterside
housing district; residential district
sudden drop; precipitous slope
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
in deep black; in jet black
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
to command a view; to look out over (onto, across, etc.); to overlook
several types; several kinds; several species
covering one's head with a handkerchief, scarf, etc.; tying a cloth around one's head
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen