ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to speak; to say; to vocalize
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
calling by name; designation; nomination
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
meanwhile; in the meantime
to rush over; to run up to
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
wherein; therein; thereinto
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)