sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
close; intimate; on good terms
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
holding hands with fingers interlocked
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
this year; this fiscal year; this school year
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
time; hour; season; time of the year
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
to speak; to say; to vocalize
bright green; chartreuse green
other intention; hidden purpose; ulterior motive; ill will; malice
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
clover (Trifolium repens); white clover; Dutch clover; clubs (card suit)
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
negotiations; bargaining; dialogue; duet
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility