complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
The Ant and the Grasshopper
indicate reason; infers some protest
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
north wind; northerly wind
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
diagnosis; medical examination
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
impressions; thoughts; feelings; opinions
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
beating (of the heart, with joy, excitement, etc.); palpitation; throbbing; pounding; fluttering
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state