to encamp; to take up positions
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
(not so) much; (not) very
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
love of drink; fondness for alcohol; person who likes to drink; drinker
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less