to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
messy; confused; chaotic; in a nagging manner; (complaining) about various things
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
falling over; toppling sideways
ground; earth; grounding; touching the ground; landing (an airplane)
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
good bargain; (a) find; godsend; (a) steal
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
to throw oneself (into an activity)
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
main body (of troops); main force; this troop; these troops
cavalry; cavalryman; trooper
cloud of dust (sand, etc.); dust storm
covered with; stained; smeared
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings; bend (in a road, river, etc.)
to have a meal; to take a meal
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; hard-bitten; rich in experience; very experienced
drunk person; (a) drunk; being drunk; getting drunk
rag; old cloth; tattered clothes; ragged clothes; fault (one is trying to hide); defect
trivial matter; trifling thing; something ordinary
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance