defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
to hide; to keep to oneself
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
much less; to say nothing of
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
hazardous materials; dangerous goods; explosives; combustibles
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
separate; scattered; apart
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
splinters of glass; glass shards
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to be opposite; to face each other
busy; hurried; confused; flurried