healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
by sheer strength; by brute force
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
having done this; if this is done; if it is done in this way
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
other side; opposite side; other party
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding