hooded sweatshirt; hoodie; hoody; hooded jacket; parka; anorak
fast-talking; rapid talking
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
horizon (related to land)
both; together; jointly; simultaneously
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
nine parts; nine percent; almost
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
soccer ball; football (as used in soccer)
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism