horse riding; mounting a horse; mount; riding horse; saddle horse
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view
having the memory of having done something oneself; familiar (to one); guilty (look, expression, etc.)
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
volley firing; fusillade; broadside
top of the head; crown of the head
by hook or by crook; by all possible means
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
frequency (of appearance)
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
deposit and withdraw; taking in and out
to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
inadequacy; inappropriateness; unfitness; impropriety
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
attacking method; attacking strategy
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to summon courage; to be brave
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
calamity; disaster; accident
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
even if; even though; however; no matter how
smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say, it's how you say it
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order