to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
to show one's affection; to express one's love
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf
to be strangled; to be constricted
the last moment; the very end
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
forced laugh; forced smile
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
precocious; precocious child
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
who cares?; I don't give a damn; what does it matter?
light; faint; pale; fleeting
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
to maintain; to continue to have
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
loved one; lover; sweetheart
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to push aside; to push one's way through
to telephone; to call in; to ring in; to contact by phone