meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
deep affection; dear; beloved
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to speak; to hear a voice
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
each encampment; strong (wind); fierce; intermittent
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
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
detached; aloof; indifferent
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
two times; twice; two degrees
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
such; like that; that sort of; very
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience