emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
memories; recollections; reminiscence
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
paste; glue; clothing starch
action of making something; -ification
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
middle of the night; dead of night
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to become pale; to turn pale
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
(beating someone) hands down; with a single blow
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
go that far; to that extent
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more