condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
hostility; animosity; enmity
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
looking on (somebody) as hostile
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
alphabet; ABCs; the ABCs (of); basics; activity-based costing; ABC
calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
by sheer strength; by brute force
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across