essential; important; crucial; vital; main
busy; having no (free) time
method of bringing up; method of raising
even if not; even without
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to grow angry; to display one's anger
to affect; to impact; to influence
drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
in accordance with; according to
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
pale; pallid; bluish-white
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
mucus; mucilage; viscous liquid; phlegm
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
fine (mesh, fabric texture)
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
to shout (in anger); to yell
suction cup; suction pad; sucker
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
epidermis; cuticle; bark; epidermis; facade
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
bloodsucking; sucking blood