flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to pierce; to penetrate; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice); to feel keenly; to make a deep impression
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
self-control; self-restraint
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)
to become inverted; to become reversed
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
bloodsucking; sucking blood
covered in blood; bloodstained; bloody; gory
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
to go past; to pass; to pass by
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
back seat (of a car); rear seat
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
time of setting (sun, moon, etc.)
chilly; unpleasantly cold
to blow through; to blow across
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning