slim; slender; slight; delicate
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
totteringly; staggeringly; unsteadily; lanky; spindly; slender
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
sit-up; abdominal muscles; abs
in deep black; in jet black
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
irritation; annoyance; frustration
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
narrow; thin (sized); slender
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up