to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
suffix for familiar person
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
meow; miaow; cat; kitty; pussy cat
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
(very) patient; persevering
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
to flap strongly; to stir up fiercely
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
because of; owing to; due to
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
great fool; utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron
to pinch and crush; to pinch out
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea
vast (ocean, desert, etc.); boundless; vague (e.g. memories); unclear; rampant (weeds, etc.); running wild
conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell