black lustre; black luster
stepping back; drawing back
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
had better ...; had better not ...
coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to be breathtaking; to be stifling
back; rear; background; backdrop; backing; support; going backwards
departure (from a base); takeoff; launch; starting (to move; of a car); start; moving off
opposite side; opposition
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to come to one's senses; to calm down
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
discipline; training; teaching manners
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
support; backing; patronage
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
two (long cylindrical things)
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
dancing or jumping for joy
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
cloud of dust (sand, etc.); dust storm
to be smeared; to be covered
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); icky; to stick closely