going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
flower-shaped family crest
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
and; thereupon; because of that
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
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.)
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to need; to call for; to require
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
dodgy dealings; monkey business
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
reek of desperation; feeling of desperation
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
main question; real issue at hand
female high-school student