damply; moistly; clammily; gloomily; miserably
movements; bearing; deportment; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
in the same way as; just like
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
how much; how many; to what extent; oh my god; how; what the
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
to run about frantically trying to escape; to run this way and that to make one's escape
to be out of patience; to be unable to put up with something anymore
to be hot on a person's heels
to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.)
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
to get hungry; to become hungry
to subsist; to keep on living
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
murder; homicide; manslaughter
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
damage; injury; defamation; harm
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
existence; being; life; survival
juvenile vagrant; street urchin; waif; guttersnipe
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now