cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
fast-talking; rapid talking
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to stop (plug) one's ears
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to collapse into; to flop onto
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
to feel attracted by; to be fascinated by
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
romanticist; romantic; dreamer
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly