disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
the same kind; accomplice; partner
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
sublime; noble; high-minded
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
to rise; to erect; to get up
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
sincere; honest; faithful
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe