to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
sensual; voluptuous; sexy; arousing
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
lightning strike; lightning bolt
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
naked above the waist; stripped to the waist; shirtless
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
such ... as; or some such
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
simple; simplified; easy; plain
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
back street; back alley; off-street
stole (shawl); stall; stall (of an engine); (animal) stall
to hand (over); to deliver in person
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange