wharf; bridge; jetty; pier
mooring line; mooring rope; painter
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
hut; shanty; hovel; house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
match (to light fire with)
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing
ague; intermittent fever; the shakes; malarial fever (old name)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
book; volume; this; present; main; head
ten (long cylindrical things)
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
infectious disease; infection
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid