nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
to strangle; to constrict
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to crouch; to squat; to cower
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
to sob; to be choked with tears
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
very young; little; childish; immature
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
to hold fast; to protect to the end
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
suffix for familiar person
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
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)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
inside a plane; in-flight
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)