to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
feel; touch; texture; manner (with others)
thickheaded; obtuse; slow; sluggish; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
withering of vegetation in winter; winter decay; winter-blight; bleakness of winter; business slump in winter (esp. in February)
to approach the year end; to be jammed tight
not long has passed since ...
feeling rough (of the throat); irritated; acrid; pungent
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
30th day of the month; 30 days
dividing into four; quartering
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
to discount; to reduce (the price); to take off (a percentage); to take with a grain of salt; to not take at face value; to discount
legs and loins; lower body; foundations; underpinnings
using every trick in the book; using every trick one knows; by one rouse or another; with careful coaxing; carefully (e.g. nursing a damaged vehicle)
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
spraying; sprayer; atomizer; atomiser
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
to check someone's temperature
graduations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); gradations; division; scale
to be infected; to be contagious
good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
pathogenic bacteria; germ; pathogen
break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather; patch of blue sky; (arch.) period of serenity
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
western style-house (esp. those built before WWII)
drill; gimlet; awl; auger
to split; to be split; to become sunken (e.g. of cheeks); to become hollowed; to weaken (e.g. of motivation, interest, etc.); to decrease
hard-packed dirt (clay, gravel, etc.) floor; concrete floor
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
the whole week; all the week
snow-white; pure; immaculate
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots