joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
to open (one's eyes) wide
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
then; and (then); in that case; if so
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
evening; early night hours
eating together; dining together; having a meal together
to kill; to beat to death
illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding
damply; moistly; clammily; stickily
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully
to live; to make a living; to get on with
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
hostility; antagonism; opposition
servant; manservant; menial
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to bend down (in submission); to bow down; to (crouch) and hide (behind); to conceal oneself; to lie down (and sleep)
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out