inarticulate; clumsy with words; poor at speaking
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
to smear all over; to slather on; to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly; to bedaub (with paint)
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
such ... as; or some such
rather; better; instead; if anything
to be familiar; to learn by ear; to pick up knowledge
being startled; getting a shock
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
name; given name; first name
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around