to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to examine someone's expression
to begin; to set about; to start
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
match (to light fire with)
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
to sparkle; to glitter; to twinkle
to string along (of rope, etc.)
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
association; society; organization; organisation
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
anything and everything; just about everything
because of; owing to; due to
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
sticking out prominently (usu. something long and thin); rising up
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to sprout; to spring up; to come out
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
woman; female; feminine gender
life; living; I; me; student
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
with a momentary flash of light