toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
man; male; masculine gender
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
business discussion; negotiation
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
dreamer; daydreamer; visionary
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)