solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous
to slide into; to slip into
evening sky; twilight sky
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
joint; seam; joining point
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
chilly; unpleasantly cold
sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
human relations; personal relationships
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
index finger; forefinger; second toe
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just