description; describing; depicting
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
physical condition; state of health
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray
fast asleep; dead to the world
stirring; slight movement
breathing of a sleeping person
desire to tease; desire to cause mischief
extra (charge, fare, etc.); premium; bonus; (after a number) tenths increase
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
mix-up; mistake; misunderstanding
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
thickly; viscously; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
trip story; vacation story
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
light pink; light crimson
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
butterfly (swimming stroke); G-string; gee-string