to allow light to pass through; to shine light through
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
cannot bear (doing); cannot bring oneself (to do); reluctant (to do)
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
agency; agent; answering (the door, phone, etc. on someone's behalf); ushering in (a visitor); passing on (a message); conveyance
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
beyond one's means or position; inappropriate to one's lot in life
auto-hypnosis; self-hypnosis; self-induced hypnotism
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to proceed with things; to carry out; to do
general public; the masses
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
ordinary citizen; the general public
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
pollution; public nuisance; contamination
to explain carefully and slowly; to explain politely in simple terms; to spoon-feed
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar
looking over someone's shoulder
mistaken idea; misunderstanding; wrong impression
sincere; earnest; serious
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to hang (something) on the wall
knot (in rope, etc.); bonds; arrest; rope impressions (on the surface of pottery)
to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully