tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to be entwined; to be involved
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
transactions; dealings; business
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to sniff out; to get wind of
(brute) force; using all one's might
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
cannot be compared with; no match for
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis; being tied down with money
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
freely; right and left; as one pleases
remains; corpse; (dead) body
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
river; stream; River; the ... river