to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
care; precaution; guarding; caution
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to show up; to appear; to turn up
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
connection; link; relationship
to bite off; to gnaw through
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
to make an appearance; to show up
to feel depressed; to be down
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
in the morning; during the morning
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line