explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)
to crouch; to squat; to cower
middle of the night; dead of night
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
cruel; hard-hearted; harsh; unkind
to walk away; to saunter off
Scottish terrier (dog breed); Scottie
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to be wavy; to be curled; to be frizzled
dog lover; person who loves dogs
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
eating lightly (to save money, food, calories, etc.)
trash can; garbage can; rubbish bin; dustbin
to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge; to fish
to whomever; to anybody at all
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
finally; in the end; after all that; eventually; on top of all that
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
house mouse (Mus musculus)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
kitchen; financial situation; finances
years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
roots; origin; one's roots; ancestry
mallee (var. of eucalyptus)
to be infected; to be contagious
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
solely; entirely; only; sharing; together
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from