to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house; reputation (of a store); good name; goodwill
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
for the first time in one's life
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
straight; as the crow flies
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
to be exhausted; to be worn out
bringing; taking; carrying
to rain incessantly; to downpour
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to break onto (shore); to wash ashore; to attack
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
to pass (of time); to elapse
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
horizon (related to bodies of water)
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge