holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
whenever (each time) one sees (it)
to feel nauseated; to feel sick
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
what's what; heads or tails
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
to take flight; to disappear
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
to crawl out of; to creep out of
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to assemble; to set up; to construct
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
bluff; false show of power; bold front
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
offense; offence; method of attack
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
to degenerate; to lapse into
stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (one's own) plan or project
entreaty; supplication; petition
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to take away; to carry away