to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
person with an unhealthy romantic obsession
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. in boxing, baseball)
to a great extent; incredibly (tasty, much, etc.); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
the past; old times; bygone times; days of yore
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
ability to think up names; knack for naming things
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
to feel uncomfortable; to be offended; to have a bad time
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
unmistakable; unquestionable; certain; evident
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
buzzing (e.g. of insects); chirring; whirring (e.g. of a reel); humming (of electronics); hissing
to keep watching; to continue looking at; to gaze at
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)