stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
to be at a loss for words
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to say it out loud; to yell out; to emphasize
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to bawl; to cry; to scream
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
suggestion; hint; implication
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
touchstone; Lydian stone; touchstone (e.g. of success); test; litmus test
without leaving any trace
to scatter away; to vanish
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to lose sight of; to miss
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
peril; danger; hazard; distress
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
both; both sides; both parties
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
verbalizing; putting into words
astonished beyond words; speechless out of shock