to tie up (roughly; esp. to prevent escape); to bind; to arrest
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to come to one's senses; to calm down
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
conscious; deliberate; intentional
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)
arrest; apprehension; capture
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus
mud; mad; crazy; ridiculous
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
that is to say; so that means
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
drinking bout; merrymaking
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
to keep watching; to continue looking at; to gaze at
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; trivial (e.g. scheme); transparent; trifling (e.g. matter)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; light pink; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder