playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
colon; eau de Cologne; colonist
scene; view; prospect; outlook
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense
subdivision; segmentation; fractionalization; fragmentation
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm
to bring back; to restore
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to be off-pitch; to be off-key; to be out of tune
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
(divine) providence; dispensation
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
ignorant of the ways of the world
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
proclamation; official notice; touch; contact
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to spread one's legs; to agree to have sex (for a woman)
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
to let slip; to slide; to glide
(stabbing) through; (plunging) into
literally; to the letter; literal