tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
now that; since; so long as; because
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
to show up; to appear; to turn up
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
to watch intently; to stare
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
strong pressure; heavy pressure
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish
to hide; to keep to oneself
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)