to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
last night; yesterday evening
gently (raining); drizzling; moist; damp
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
light blue; pale blue; aqua
bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); French hydrangea
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)
laptop (computer); notebook (computer)
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
a place or opportunity to make a display of
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
beginning; clue; starting point
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
out of character; unlike one
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
with a flash; brightly; dazzlingly; sparklingly; brilliantly (shining)