just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
attention seeker; look-at-me
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
living thing; living creature; animal; life
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
nape (of the neck); nucha
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
throwaway; disposable; single-use
contact; touch; contact lens
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
to miss a chance to do; to fail to do
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
indecisively; hesitantly; irresolutely; wishy-washily
to be conspicuous; to stand out
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
at once; immediately; right now
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
blindness; blind (e.g. love, faith); reckless
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
how; in what way; I wonder