to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to be surprised; to be astonished
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
sailor suit; middy uniform
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
instant; moment; for an instant
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps
to run about; to rush about
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)