to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to soak into; to permeate
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
from the viewpoint of; according to
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
report; notification; registration
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
here and there; in places
reading (the parts one is interested in); reading here and there; skimming through; reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand
to write down; to record; to register
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
to pass (of time); to elapse
greater than ...; bigger ...
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
study; learning; tutorial
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate