quadruped; four-footed animal
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
heat shimmer; heat haze; shimmering of hot air
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
trance; ecstasy; enthusiasm
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
abdomen; abdominal region; belly; middle part
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up
to mark the end; to spell the end
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
floor above; floor upstairs
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
to be injured; to sustain a wound
to be born; to come into the world
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
precarious situation; precarious state
father and mother; parents
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to become better; to improve
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular