soft squelching sound. To walk through mud or puddles.

act of stretching one's limbs or body. Making arm, leg muscles longer to ease them. To make something bigger by pulling on it.

upright pillar. Regular series of articles in newspapers/magazines.

(Soldiers) Standing with straight backs.

To act on behalf of others in government.

rise in size, amount, or degree of something. Amount something grows by. To make or become larger in size or amount.

engaging in speech. action of talking. To make a formal speech about something.

plan or course of action. To determine the value or importance of something.

No more and no less than; precisely.

sympathetically aware of other people's feelings. ability to understand something. To know the meaning of language, what someone says.

having made firm decision and being resolved not to change it. To establish the facts about; discover.

thorough or dramatic change in form or appearance.

A consecutive row of things. be made or be capable of being made longer or wider without tearing or breaking.

To turn something on.

arrogant or presumptuous. used for purpose of argument to indicate premise on which statement can be based. To take a job or the responsibilities of another.