soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
to get narrower; to contract
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
maintaining a reasonable distance; neutral position; indecision
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
morning; forenoon; just before noon
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
strain; deformation; warp; harmful effects; strain; stress
to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
successfully; nicely; (yummy) food; yum-yum
uneasily; restlessly; erratically
left side; left-hand side
to put one's hand on; to touch
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
a little bit; a little while
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
disinfection; sterile filtration
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
to be among the top five; to be one of the five best