childish; child-like; innocent; naive
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
to defy conventional wisdom
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
hound; hunting dog; running dog; dupe; tool of another person; cat's-paw
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
late at night; at a late hour
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
to grow taller (of people)
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
to snuggle up to; to nuzzle; to burrow into; to press a part of one's body against something
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
large number (of); many; majority
opposite side; other side; other party
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
in operation (of a machine, especially security cameras); in use; in action