conjectures and surmises; speculation; giving one's imagination full play without any ground
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
to have one's feet reach the bottom (e.g. when standing in water)
(a fortress being) impregnable; unassailable
to be in a miserable state; to be down and out
main door at the front of a house; front shutters
convenience; service; facility; excreta (esp. faeces); excrement; stool
(vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
change of course; changing direction
with curious eyes; curiously
a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); nuisance; something in the way
to brighten; to grow light
laughing a ringing laugh; having a hearty laugh; roaring with laughter
intimacy; closeness; close relative; pro- (e.g. pro-American)
Port and Harbor Authority
independently developed; proprietary
pure; undiluted; raw; crude
to win one's first battle (game, match)
bolting upright; rearing up (horse)
facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
to be sitting with amicably; to be close to someone
postponement; moving back
... (years old) this year
weightlessness; zero gravity
inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling