stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
narrowness; being cramped; being almost full
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
conductor's stick; conductor's baton
to lower the curtain; to come to an end
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to push aside; to brush aside
to overflow from something full
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
drug; medicine; (illegal) drug; narcotics
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
turning over while sleeping in bed; betrayal; double-crossing
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
last night; yesterday evening
calm; composed; cool; quiet
lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily