to deceive; to blind the eyes of
guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)
feminine; womanly; female
unfortunate; unhappy; ill-fated; hapless
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
to play a central role; to take a leading part
natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
calamity; disaster; accident
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
nonparticipation; nonattendance
not limited to; not just ...
stocking up (in case of emergency); stockpile; reserves; storing; laying in (supplies)
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
opportunity to show off; showplace
oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed
mid-air breakage; mid-air disintegration
abuse; curse; swearing; insult
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
outline; summary; roughly; generally; great ingenuity; excellent resourcefulness
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
to be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to rule; to govern; to control
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
hidden meaning; symbolism; moral (of a story); allegorical meaning
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
these days; now; recently
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) in one go
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
with a click; with a clink; with a snap; firmly; tightly; compactly
mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius); gigantic; huge; enormous
to notify; to advise; to inform
withers (height from ground to shoulder blades in animals)