bedridden; confined to bed
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
one's physical safety; personal security
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
flagstaff decorated with ivory carried by the emperor or a general
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
outward; superficial; external; apparent
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
picking; collecting; harvesting
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
race (of people); type of person
to expedite; to encourage; to spur (on)
to have a relationship; to have relations
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
unimpressive; unimpressed
data collection; data acquisition
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
very mean (sneaky); extremely unsportsmanlike
antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned
to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
fugitive from justice; fugitive criminal
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
suggestion; hint; implication
Boys (The Shirelles song)