to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
tortoise shell bondage; turtle shell bondage
to be transparent; to show through
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
magic; sorcery; wizardry; magic (illusion); conjuring
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
how do you do?; nice to meet you; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
one eye; one of one's eyes
to close (one's eyes); to shut
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
trouble; quarrel; dispute
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
common sense; common knowledge; common understanding
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
very interesting; of great interest
regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
invitation; introduction; temptation
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)