standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
completely naked; in one's birthday suit
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
finally; in the end; on top of all that
agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
coquettish voice; flirtatious voice
to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
superiority complex; sense of superiority
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
crucible; melting pot; melting pot (of cultures, ideas, etc.); state of ecstasy; state of fevered excitement
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
unreality; becoming disconnected from reality
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
fall; drop; descent; coming down
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink