scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
hermit crab; renting a house; tenant; renter
starfish; sea star; asteroid (any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea); northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)
Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi); giant spider crab
amateur baseball; sandlot baseball
pinch-hitting; pinch hitter; performing a duty in place of someone else; proxy
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
full length; total length; overall length
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
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
forcibly; by force; against one's will
shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; (person's) back; years of experience
as expected; as predicted
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to press a question; to cross-examine
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
to hold a grudge; to hold something against someone
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress