meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)
to tighten; to press hard
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
the same generation; coeval
smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
to stand up straight; to stand on end (e.g. of hair); to have the creeps
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
mucus; mucilage; viscous liquid; phlegm
Odontamblyopus lacepedii (species of eel goby)
to multiply; to crossbreed; to cross-breed; to mix (e.g. paint colours)
monstrously ugly; hideous; ugly and bizarre
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
(eating) noisily; (chewing) with an open mouth; crumpled; creased; messy; disorderly
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
spiracle (respiratory pores in the body of insects)
American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
thousands; several thousand
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
apparently; appears to be
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
muffler (often fur); scarf; comforter
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
richly colored; richly coloured
protuberance; protruding object; umbo
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known