licking one's lips; licking one's chops
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to join forces; to cooperate
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
serious; severe; grave; acute
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
knowing when to give up; good at letting things go; accepting failure with good grace; being a good loser
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to hug; to clasp to one's breast
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
rubbish; trash; garbage; worthless thing
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
one-by-one; separately; in detail
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
those (near the second person)
black lustre; black luster
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
contours of one's body; figure
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
(animal) collar; necklace; choker