heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
sunlight filtering through trees
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
hair (on the head); (a) hair
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to fiddle with; to monkey around with
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
another; different; something else
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to be on edge; to be nervous; to be sharp (of a voice, words, etc.); to be harsh
gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to become empty; to be emptied
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses