illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to be kind to; to treat kindly
clearing one's throat; cough
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
tenth day of the month; ten days
in the meanwhile; during the time
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
to mount (animal behaviour); to assert dominance
firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
club activities; extracurricular activities
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
whispering into a person's ear
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
authenticity; credibility
comparatively; relatively
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen