mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
there's no other way; there are no other options; there are no alternative means
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
through a wall; on the other side of a wall
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
(at) any time; always; at all times; whenever
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
like a decent person; human
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
handsome man; man's looks; good looks; manliness
to gradually disappear; to be vanishing
men's language; male language
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
whole area; surrounding area; all around; everywhere; all over the place
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
low grade; vulgar; low class; cheap; low level
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff; puerile trick
gale; violent (strong) wind
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
reputation; respectability
four corners; four ordinal directions
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
professor; teaching; instruction
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
to polish (up); to dress up