Vocabulary

gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing

small; compact

clicking; clopping; clacking

shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected

dilatorily; sluggishly

crabbily; unsociably

being argued into silence; being left speechless

surely (not); certainly (not)

indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly

a little; a bit; slightly

noisily; with a rattle; with a creak; with a squeak; with a rumble

fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly

with a meaningless laugh; with a hollow laugh

mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly

courageously; fearlessly; defiantly; boldly

in swarms; in great crowds; in huge numbers

tediously; lengthily; wordily

like this; such; thus; in this way

such and such; so and so

absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing

with a click

with a clatter; clatteringly

clink; clatter; clang

with a clink (click, clack)

exactly; just; precisely

throwing down multiple objects in succession

plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)

carefree; relaxed; comfortable; at one's ease

dazzlingly

dizzyingly; with one's head swimming

roaringly; rumblingly

flickering; flashing on and off; twinkling; glittering

slapping; splatting

tingling; stinging; pungently

licking

certainly; for sure

clip-clop (esp. of geta)

suddenly (appear, stick out, etc.); abruptly (happen); unexpectedly; looming (e.g. out of the dark)

with a clang or a clink; tinkle

nimbly; lightly