to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
mechanical pencil; automatic pencil
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable
waste of time; killing time
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
opinion; point of view; visual point
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
how long; how far; how much
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to scribble (write quickly); to dash off
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
any more; any further; any better; any longer
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
something like ...; something called ...
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown