if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
hereabouts; around there; that area
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
internal organs; intestines; viscera
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
stomach ache; abdominal pain
creakily; close (i.e. with no room to spare)
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
to think of; to come up with
(in) his way; peculiar to him
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
hard to reach place; remote place
distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration
every place; various places
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
to intend; to be sure that
image; figure; figure; form; image
to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (letter) till called for
looking on; remaining a spectator
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
two colours; two varieties; two types
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
an assortment; combination
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)