inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
how long; how much; to what extent
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
pristella tetra (Pristella maxillaris); X-ray tetra
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring