to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
(formal) shirt; dress shirt; business shirt; button-up shirt
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
soaked to the skin; like a drowned rat
department store; department
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip
scenery; scene; landscape
focus (of a lens); focal point; point (of a discussion, e.g. on-point, off-point)
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to mix; to blend; to combine
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
lethargy; despondency; mental numbness; (physical) collapse; prostration
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
confusion; complications; being gripped by strong feelings; fit (e.g. of anger); moment (e.g. of frustration)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered