simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
moment by moment; hour by hour
lowish; somewhat low; on the low side; low (ball)
to go fast; to drive fast; to speed
aria; singing; chanting; reciting (e.g. a spell)
extremely high speed; super speed
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
meanwhile; in the meantime
it seems so; that's what it looks like
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
sea of trees; broad expanse of dense woodland; abundant leafage
to rustle (in the wind); to sway; to stir; to blow gently (of the wind); to blow softly
to roll up; to be rolled up
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down); count (of radioactivity)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
permanent preservation; permanent repository; keeping something permanently; preservation in perpetuity
selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
taking something as absolute truth; regarding something as absolute
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
militant (faction, group, person, etc.); hardliner who favors force over compromise; hawk
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
to cover fully; to wrap around
child's mind; childlike innocence; naivete
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry