to tower over the surroundings
naming; christening; fiance; fiancee
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
book lover; lover of books; bibliophilism; love of books
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
back street; back alley; off-street
black hair; black-haired horse
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
pilling; lint; furball; hairball; trichobezoar
flabby; limp; soft and pliable
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
very; greatly; exceedingly
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to attempt; to test; to try out
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
rare; uncommon; not often seen
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
exactly as stated; verbatim
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
near; close; beside; third person
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
pipsqueak; little runt; midget; dwarf
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
contrived; false-sounding
very loose; slowly; leisurely
to begin to walk; to set out
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
the other day; a few days ago
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam