smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar
young and cheeky; brash; sassy
to become greasy; to become oily; to be loud and garish
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
protuberance; projection; prominence; bump; boss; process
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions
not long has passed since ...
careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash
to say; to tell; to state; to do
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
long talk; long-winded speech
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
bluff; false show of power; bold front
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
rational; logical; coherent
fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit
to burst open; to pop; to split
ignition; catching fire; firing (e.g. gun); discharging
oath; vow; attestation; solemn pledge
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary