noon; midday; daytime; lunch
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
home; household; family; hearth
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
rage; fury; exasperation; indignation
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
great disturbance; great tumult; turmoil; wild uproar; pandemonium
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
matter causing distress; something causing worry
living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human); raw (flesh, esp. fish)
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to find out; to dig up; to sniff out; to worm out; to pry out; to spy out
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
comparatively; relatively
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)
beginning; clue; starting point
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; without haste; calmly
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); snatching; stealing
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
radiant smile; contented smile
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)