speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
with a friendly grin; smilingly
four (long cylindrical things)
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
locking sword to sword (in a duel) and pushing; fierce, close-fought competition
like this; this sort; this way
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
much less; to say nothing of
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to jar; to creak; to grate
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
on the occasion of; at the time of
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
column of water; water column
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
port (left side of vessel)
behind; in the rear; in back
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy