cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
degenerate; decadent; corrupt
colour; color; hue; tints
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
to be infatuated (with); to be hooked (on); to lose one's heart (on)
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
landing; alighting; touch down
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
conviction; belief; confidence
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
interference; intervention; meddling
gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth
dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
right in the midst of; right at the height of
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
being startled; getting a shock
bento; Japanese box lunch
to push aside; to brush aside
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
unidentifiable; unidentified