to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
thereupon; shortly thereafter
sofa bed; sofa-bed; sofabed
to clatter; to rattle; to flap (noisily); to get in a panic; to get in a flap; to rush around
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
to live in hiding; to live as a recluse
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
(being) face to face; facing each other
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
to settle; to finish; to bring to an end
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
it hasn't been long since
leaving everything up to someone else
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
impudence; shamelessness; brazenness; brazen person; shameless person; impudent person
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing
to be dispersed; to get separated
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
outline; summary; gist; basic points
to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack