to get slightly dirty (all over)
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
partly open; in half bloom
rainy sky; sky as it looks when it is about to rain; threatening sky
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to throw open; to leave open
to tower over the surroundings
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
place to go; place one can go
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
real image; real form; real-life image; true picture
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
how many years; how long; what year
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
meat soup; bouillon; juices (from grilled meat); gravy
fat (of meat); fatty meat
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
determination; resolution
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
stay of execution; suspended sentence
to mark the end; to spell the end
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
tacit; unspoken; implicit
contrary to one's expectations