proposal; proposition; suggestion
to jump about; to jump around; to bounce about; to romp about
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
than; other than; except; but
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
first thing in the morning
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching