drifting; drift; being adrift
colour usage; color usage; use of colour
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
guess; conjecture; surmise
sensual; sexy; voluptuous
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
what time; (lit.) which hour
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
great difference; big difference; wide margin
prickling; stinging; biting
unwanted child; shunned child
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
to work hard at one's lessons
secretive; mysterious; furtive; stealthy; clandestine; sneaky
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
reduction (in size); shrinking; minimization; trivializing (an issue); making light of; playing down
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
new word; neologism; word of recent origin; recent word; modern term
(pressing) hard; badgeringly; pesteringly; repeatedly; urgingly
candy fashioned in human and animal forms
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
bad influence; negative influence
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire