to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
useless; vain; aimless; idle
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
one roll; one book; one volume; rolling once; wrapping once around
to make a copy; to transcribe; to reproduce; to trace
rubbed copy; folio of rubbings
to fold up; to fold into layers
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
dressing oneself; personal grooming
worry; mental agony; heartache
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to drag along; to take (a suspect to the police); to drag (someone) away
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
head; chief; boss; leader
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
to begin; to set about; to start
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide
to deceive; to blind the eyes of
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories