exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
correction; revision; amendment
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
platform; home; home base; home plate
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
to speak; to hear a voice
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
spine; backbone; spinal column
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
amount of force (required to do something); (using the) right amount of force; appropriate use of force
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
close adhesion; sticking firmly (to); relating closely (to); having relevance (to); contact printing
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
tremblingly; having the chills (through fear, cold, anticipation, etc.)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to do together; to share; to participate in
besides; in addition; also; moreover
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck