flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
a dime a dozen; two a penny
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
snake; serpent; large snake
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
all-night vigil over a body; wake
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
to begin talking; to open up
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
descendant; posterity; offspring
prohibition; inhibition; ban
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
cancellation (of a lecture, class, etc.)
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
bishop (chess piece); bishop
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)