Vocabulary

to stop (doing something); to cease; to put aside

to object; to protest; to complain

to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to pass oneself off as; to disguise oneself as

to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to fill one's heart; to overcome one

to conclude a dance; to dance the last dance

to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)

to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)

to suck; to draw out; to aspirate

to empty out; to drain out; to pump dry

to stop crying; to cry oneself out

to employ; to hire; to engage

to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated

to prove; to substantiate

to cancel; to call off

to re-examine; to review; to recheck

to make bloom

to have someone hold; to let someone have; to give

to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of

to throb; to beat fast

to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)

to liberate; to set free

to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar)

to stand on tiptoe

to finger; to roll between the thumb and the fingers

to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to)

to become accustomed to people

to become used to the (ways of the) world; to become worldly or sophisticated

to accept an object and hold it reverently over one's head

to start slowly; to lag behind

to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)

to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to be pasted (to)

to carry or bring in(to)

to carry or bring (up)

to carry away

to play in a group

to exert oneself greatly; to take pains; to make efforts; to go to great lengths

to be bony; to be angular

to stir well; to mix thoroughly

to become bloodshot

to smear with blood; to kill