to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
epitaph; inscription on a tombstone
Claire; Clare; Clerc; Klaern; Krehl
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
to come off; to be worn off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour
to crack; to develop a crack
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
older brother and younger sister
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
to go along; to walk along; to follow
to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos