feeling of emptiness in the stomach; sensation of hunger
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
gas range; gas burner; gas ring; gas cooker; gas cooktop
to squash; to crush; to flatten
kitchen table; kitchen counter; working surface
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
down jacket; quilted down coat
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
long ago; already; a long time ago
cork stopper; (bottle) cork
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
the world; the earth; this world (as opposed to heaven)
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
light; right; right field; right fielder
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892 collection of short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle)
any beech tree of genus Castanopsis