welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
transcendence; excellence; superiority; super; extremely; awfully
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to rant and rave; to raise hell
to compete with; to vie for
obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
abuse; curse; swearing; insult
intoxication; being fascinated (by); being carried away (by); being enraptured (by)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
to repent; to be penitent
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
whistling through one's fingers; whistle made by sticking one's fingers in one's mouth and blowing
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
human kindness; human weakness
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
to have glazed eyes (when drunk, angry, etc.); to have glassy eyes
to stumble (over); to trip; to fail; to suffer a setback
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing
cheerful (look); healthy (complexion)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage
having very little difference between one another; being much of a muchness; being more or less the same; pointless competition (between two equally unimpressive parties); pissing contest
playfulness; mischivousness; naughtiness