dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
resolute; determined; bold
web (between fingers or toes); paddle; paddle blade
sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship); to sink a ship
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
puffing (e.g. cigarette smoke); bobbing (to the surface); floating lightly
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
pond skater (any insect of family Gerridae); water strider
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
constancy; integrity; fidelity; principle; faithfulness; honor
military forces; hosts; troops
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
optimization; optimisation
form (esp. in Aristotelian philosophy)
to not understand what somebody is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about
identifying signal; recognition signal; (radio) call sign
such; like that; in that way
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
just now; right now; at this moment
to begin slipping or sliding; to make a start upon
confusion; distraction; derangement
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
to be transparent; to show through
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
tens of thousands of years
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
act of mercy; helping another person
rhythmically (beating, e.g. gong); clip-clopping (e.g. horse); crumbly; ambling; strolling; dozing