obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
this kind of; this sort of; this; like this; in this way
to make out; to neck; to canoodle; to fondle each other; to flirt (with)
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
seat at a table; place at a table
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
man; male; masculine gender
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
such a thing; something like that
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
the lower classes; the common people
apathetic; indifferent; nonchalant; callous
pasturing (e.g. cattle); letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
kitchen; financial situation; finances
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
oh no!; good heavens!; oops
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
sentimental; mushy; saccharine; sickly-sweet; sugary
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on