grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
strength; power; proficiency; ability
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
to stare back at; to look back at
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
shyness; bashfulness; shame
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
ardent; passionate; vehement
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
power; might; authority; influence
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
decorative curtain hung from the ceiling; tent; pavilion; marquee
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself