to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to recover one's strength; to recover one's spirit; to revive; to be refreshed; to be invigorated; to be encouraged
light; right; right field; right fielder
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
silence (not speaking); muteness
at the last moment; this late in the game
to cross the line; to go too far
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
manufacturing equipment; production machine; maker
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig