plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
principal occupation; core business
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
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.)
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
personal feelings; self-interest
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
to finger; to tamper (with)
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
honorific/polite/humble prefix
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
no need to guess; certainly