to comb back; to stroke upward; to smooth up
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
with a heavy thump; with a thud; with a palpitation
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
recompense; indemnity; atonement
perverseness; perversity; perverse person; difficult person; contrary person
impromptu; improvised; extempore; instant (e.g. ramen)
in a ward; within the ward; within the zone; within the district
to hug; to clasp to one's breast
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
deadlock; stalemate; standstill; hopeless position; lost game; zugzwang
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving
hitting a ball (with a bat, golf club, etc.); batting; stroke
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
solitude; loneliness; isolation
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to be fated; to be linked by fate
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt