sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
internal organ; viscera; gut
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
lack of uniformity; unevenness; inequality; heterogeneous; nonuniform
to burn; to roast; to grill; to bake
saltpan; field for drying salt
corrosion; etching; action of acid; saprophagy
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
at some point in the past; at some stage
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
munching; devouring; gobbling up; (arch.) shaggy; (arch.) disheveled; (arch.) unkempt
men's things; menswear; men's wear; men's; for men
great hurry; great haste; rush
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
the following week; the next week
there being no use in arguing (about it)
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
interruption; suspension; break
distress; wretched condition
sound of two hard thin objects rubbing together; crunch crunch
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
blueness; greenness; tinge of blue; (vegetable) garnish
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
general review (e.g. of one's lessons); dress rehearsal
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to weave into; to interweave; to be incorporated in; to be factored in