bending and stretching; flexing and extending
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
language of flowers; floriography; flower symbolism, e.g. red roses mean love
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
to be intimate with; to befriend
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to hide; to keep to oneself
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
every year; yearly; annually
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
swaying (with large slow movements); shaking
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
affected part; diseased part; wound
icing; frosting; icing (on an aircraft, ship, etc.); icing (hockey infraction); cryotherapy
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal