elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to fret (esp. of a young child); to be fretful; to be peevish
to take (someone to a place); to take (someone) with one; to take along; to lead away
compulsory; unavoidable; necessary
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
pie; tart; palmier (pastry)
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to gust; to blow violently
scenery; scene; landscape
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to emboss; to carve in relief; to bring to the fore; to accentuate; to throw into relief
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
rut; wheel track; furrow; groove; (fig.) footsteps; (fig.) wake
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
dark reddish-brown; liver color
muddy place; mud; mire; sludge; slush; quagmire
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
back street; back alley; slums
dirty smoke; soot and smoke