oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
all night; throughout the night
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
walking; strolling; roaming; wandering; exploring
to roll about; to writhe about
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
order; command; directions; instructions
manners; behavior; behaviour
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to put back in a good mood; to cheer up
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
Liddell; Lidell; Riddell; Ridel
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
history; pedigree; lineage
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
decline; fall; decay; withering
to continue (going along some trend)
to govern; to manage; to subdue
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
dwelling; house; residence; address
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
muttering voice; murmuring voice
close to the wall; alongside the wall
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
difficult to ...; hard to ...
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting