close; intimate; on good terms
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
consists of; comprises; is made up of
to be overcome with emotion
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to make (the effort to make) oneself look cool
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
steel-blue eyes (e.g. of a cat); silver eye (species of beardfish, Polymixia japonica)
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
funny story; funny anecdote
the lone woman (e.g. bright flower) in a group
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
hostility; antagonism; opposition
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to take a breath; to take a short rest
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
yearned for; longed for; missed