stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
bottomless (bucket, etc.); unbounded (good nature, optimism, etc.); boundless; imprudent; indiscreet; extremely heavy drinker
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
candy; sweet; confectionary
to explain adequately; to be accountable
very bad condition; awful state; night-soil reservoir dug in a field; night-soil pot; earthenware vessel; earthen urn
conversion (to a different religion, denomination, etc.); change (of ideology, interest, taste, etc.); switch
to use and then throw away
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
way of speaking; intimation
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
letting (someone) die without helping
to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)
another time; some other time
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
the last moment; the very end
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
stimulating; exciting; provocative
way; method; means; (technical) specification
eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently
one machine; one aircraft; one life
recitation; reciting from memory
to be ready and waiting for; to be on the alert for