to complain about one's hard lot
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
relatively; comparatively
at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; having no choice
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
to straighten; to correct; to cure; to falsify
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
to bite; to sink one's teeth into; to nip
to blow out; to spout out
dark purple; grape (colour)
fall; drop; descent; coming down
unvoiced opinion; (opinion of the) silent majority; views which are not expressed
to become dim; to become blurred
to lie on one's stomach; to sleep while lying on one's stomach; to crawl on the ground; to sprawl
frame (i.e. of a sliding door); crosspiece; bar; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); rung (of a ladder)
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
to make do errands; to set to scutwork
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
alteration; falsification; faking
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
broken; intermittent; disconnected
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
theatre; theater; playhouse
show tent; circus tent; freak show
surroundings; circumference
singing, dancing and music; (public) entertainment; performing arts