chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
very timid; very nervous; faint-hearted
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
standing firm; holding out
motive power; driving force
rising up; towering; plump; chubby; shaggy; hairy
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
trembling from fear; trembling all over
maudlin drinker; person who is prone to crying when drunk
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
loading; charging; filling
university student; college student
worried look; worried expression
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
Johnston; Johnstone; Jonstone
utterance; speaking; vocalization; leading a group of people (in cheering, singing, etc.)
to speak; to say; to vocalize
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
uncharted territory; unknown waters; unfamiliar terrain
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
to escape death; to be saved from death
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)
showing by a diagram; illustrating; representing graphically
in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown
to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
knot; nodule; tubercule; node
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)