to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
practicality; utility; usefulness
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
to have meaning; to be meaningful
real thing; original; actual
leavening agent (e.g. yeast)
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
wild beast; wild animal; brute
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
resignation; acceptance; consolation
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered
true to one's name; living up to one's name
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
holding out a little longer
all night long; all through the night
camel; camel (cloth); cloth made from camel hair; camel (color); light yellowish brown
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
authenticity; credibility
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head
daily life noise; household noises; noise that arises at home from everyday occurrences
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets