American Civil War (1861-1865)
town; city; municipal; urban
function; facility; faculty; feature
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
wide open (of eyes); large and bright (eyes)
duvet; bed cover; coverlet; quilt; comforter; eiderdown
shaking like a jelly; jellylike
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
armed forces; military; troops
KGB (Soviet Union intelligence agency)
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvring
must; should; will (surely); be bound to; will (do); shall
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
with a pop; with a squish; grainy; crunchy; bubble wrap; small grains
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
duty; obligation; responsibility
vast; limitless; boundless
abdominal muscles; abs; sit-up (exercise)
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
unclear; indistinct; obscure; opaque; inarticulate; dim
intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
physiological phenomenon; physiological response
with a start; with a jump
to be sticky; to be stringy; to be glutinous
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
springy (texture); doughy; elastic
sensual; sexy; voluptuous
upper arm; (arch.) lower arm
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
crisp (like a pickle); crunchy; firm (musculature); stiff (shoulders, neck, etc.)
(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness; clean impression