bashful
Olympian, abashed, aloof, autistic, awkward, backward, blank, boggling, chilled, chilly, close, cold, confused, conscious, constrained,
order up - appeal to, ask, ask for, bid come, blackmail, call, call for, call forth, call in, call out, call up, challenge, cite, claim, clamour for,
without letup - always, constantly, continually, daily, ever, hourly, incessantly, night and day, on and on, perennially, perpetually, rapidly, regularly, steadily, without stopping ,
provide against - clear the decks, forearm, guard against, hedge, lay by, play safe, prepare, provide for, reef, squirrel away, take steps ,
spasms - ague, chorea, fits and starts, palsy, quaking, quavering, quivering, shakes, shaking, shivering, shuddering, spasm, trembling, vibration ,
rutty - broken, bumpy, burning, chamfered, channelled, choppy, coarse, coarse-grained, concupiscent, corduroy, corduroyed, corrugate, corrugated, crimped, cross-grained,
unpractised - a novice at, a stranger to, callow, fresh, green, green as grass, ignorant, immature, inexperienced, new to, raw, rusty, unaccustomed, unaccustomed to, unacquainted with,
talk into - argue into, bring around, bring over, bring round, bring to reason, captivate, charm, con, convince, draw, draw over, gain, gain over, get, hook,
in the neighbourhood - about, around, close, round, round about ,
music festival - sing, singing, swan song ,
critically ill - bad, below par, down, faint, ill, indisposed, laid low, off colour, out of sorts, rocky, seedy, sick, unwell ,
without letup - always, constantly, continually, daily, ever, hourly, incessantly, night and day, on and on, perennially, perpetually, rapidly, regularly, steadily, without stopping ,
provide against - clear the decks, forearm, guard against, hedge, lay by, play safe, prepare, provide for, reef, squirrel away, take steps ,
spasms - ague, chorea, fits and starts, palsy, quaking, quavering, quivering, shakes, shaking, shivering, shuddering, spasm, trembling, vibration ,
rutty - broken, bumpy, burning, chamfered, channelled, choppy, coarse, coarse-grained, concupiscent, corduroy, corduroyed, corrugate, corrugated, crimped, cross-grained,
unpractised - a novice at, a stranger to, callow, fresh, green, green as grass, ignorant, immature, inexperienced, new to, raw, rusty, unaccustomed, unaccustomed to, unacquainted with,
talk into - argue into, bring around, bring over, bring round, bring to reason, captivate, charm, con, convince, draw, draw over, gain, gain over, get, hook,
in the neighbourhood - about, around, close, round, round about ,
music festival - sing, singing, swan song ,
critically ill - bad, below par, down, faint, ill, indisposed, laid low, off colour, out of sorts, rocky, seedy, sick, unwell ,