to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
descendant; posterity; offspring
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
I see; that's right; indeed
the opposite sex; isomerism
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to increase; to add to; to augment
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
incoherent; vague; silly; foolish
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
stealthily; secretly; in secret
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
unmarried person; bachelor; spinster
several people; a few people
to be needed; to be wanted
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
stairs; stairway; staircase
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
ramification; branching off
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
single cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break