diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
kindness; largeheartedness
have to do; must; should; ought to
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
high spirits; high energy; go!; go-man-go!; fashionably clothed and assertive (esp. of a woman); flashy
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)
spouting (e.g. of a whale, blowhole, etc.); blowing water; Mactra veneriformis (species of trough shell); female ejaculation; squirting
to tell all; to give a full account
to sniff out; to get wind of
if you think about it; come to think of it
celebration of a birth (usu. approx. one month after birth); gift at the birth of a child; baby gift
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush
proof; evidence; sign; to testify (usu. Christian religious context)
sitting while waiting; (according to the lunar calendar) an eighteen-day-old moon
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
new ground (science, art, etc.); new front; new scope; frontier
lack of innovation; stupidity
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)