library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
looking pale; looking unwell
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
superficial; shallow; frivolous; careless; sliding along the surface of something; being slippery
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
hiving off; swarming; dividing a fief
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
indeed; really; truly; very much
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
indoor (court, pool, etc.)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate