strongish; somewhat strong
trainer (someone who works with sports athletes); sweatshirt
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
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
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
to form a line; to queue up; to line up
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
warm and snug; soft and comfortable
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
an eye for people; the ability to judge character
to soak into; to permeate
preference; priority; precedence
junior high school student; middle school pupil
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
articulation; speaking one's lines smoothly; reciting one's lines well
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
mallee (var. of eucalyptus)
character leitmotif; character theme song
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
to stay in one's heart; to be enduringly memorable; to be unforgettable
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible