dripping wet; soaked; drenched
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
pulmonary tuberculosis (in traditional Chinese medicine)
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
serious; severe; grave; acute
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
to tighten; to press hard
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
to be in a fit (of anger); to rage
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
sanity; consciousness; soberness
true character; true heart; true spirit
woman; female; feminine gender
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
complete; whole; perfect; safe
precipice; cliff; flat head
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
pair; the two; both persons; both things
conviction; belief; confidence
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes