completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
will; intent; desire; will; testament
pronunciation; production of sound
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
smoothly; easily; readily
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
apparent; obvious; very clear
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
location famous for production of something (usually food)
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
twice; again; second time
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to thread (e.g. a needle, beads, etc.)
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
recitation; reciting from memory