knowing; (an) acquaintance
to carry around; to carry on one's person
neighbourhood; neighborhood
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
really; truly; indeed; good grief
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to have a smattering knowledge of
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
to adhere to; to stick to; to cling to
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base