serious; not joking; straight
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
predation; eating prey; preying upon
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
succession; continuation; series; sequence
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
to make sense; to be meaningful
valine; (with a) whoomp; smash; crunch
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to mow; to reap; to harvest
being on the ropes; losing ground
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt
rustling sound; search (esp. a home search by the police)
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to break into (houses here and there); to rampage
mental; spiritual; emotional
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
passage; path; route; one's way