to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
full view; plain sight; completely visible
insertion; incorporation; infixing
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to be touching; to be moving
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
to get angry; to lose one's temper
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way
energy; vitality; mental determination
boy; son; baby boy; young man
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
without any weak spot; watertight (e.g. reasoning); impeccable
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
pulsation; pulsatory motion
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
combination; union; binding; bond
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
imposing stance; daunting pose
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from