ball of a finger; finger cushion; pulp of the finger; pad of the finger
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
plan; idea; design; taste; liking; preference
cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
honorific affix; honorific prefix
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
towering; astonishingly high
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
tick-tock; tick-tack; sound of clock
when; at what moment; what time
going back to sleep; sleeping in
to gape; to open one's mouth wide
intuition; instinct; hunch
to exist; to remain; to consist (in); to lie (in); to retain; to preserve
symbol (of); emblem; (mental) image; representation; idea
monarch; sovereign; ruler; liege (lord)
duvet; bed cover; coverlet; quilt; comforter; eiderdown
experiential; empirical; experimental
Critique of Pure Reason (Kant); Kritik der reinen Vernunft
precocity; early ripening; premature development
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
vitality; (one's) life force
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
frame (physical structure); framework; framework (of a plan, system, etc.); structure; outline