to be nearing death; to be dying
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to brush gently; to stroke; to caress
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)
make no progress; remain unsettled
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to be sticky; to be close together
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
reality; actuality; hard fact
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
this (very thing); this precisely
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
cave; cavern; den; grotto
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
sound of wind rustling through a crack; wheezing
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)