close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
memories; recollections; reminiscence
beautification; cleaning up; tidiying; glorification; idealization; romanticizing
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
one person; another name; nickname; alias
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
young girl; lass; adolescent female
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
crash; smashing (into); ramming; clash (of views, interests, teams, etc.); conflict
firmly (grasped); latched onto; locked onto
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
feeler; tentacle; antenna; touching (with one's hand); feeling; sensing
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to stab (into); to thrust (violently); to plant (in the ground, snow, etc.); to set; to stick (upright)
to be delirious with fever; to have a feverish dream; to be crazy about something
minute; fine; detailed; subtle
diversion (e.g. of funds); appropriation; misappropriation; making use of (for another purpose); reuse; repurpose
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
senility; dotage; decrepitude
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
to fill with holes; to riddle (e.g. with bullets)
to dye; to colour; to color
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
trend of the times; way things are going
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case