cowardly; timid; easily frightened
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
firm; strong; solid; stable
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
the last moment; the very end
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
to keep a watchful eye on
useless; vain; aimless; idle
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to complain; to lodge a complaint
innermost depths of one's heart
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
with a clink (click, clack)
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
same quality; same nature; homogeneous
when it becomes; when it comes to
reading partway; leaving half-read
night table; bedside table
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
to rise; to erect; to get up