may I come in?; please forgive me; I'm sorry
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
laugh line; smile line; nasolabial fold
return present; return gift; something done in return (as way of thanks); retaliation; revenge
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
thicket; coppice; brushwood
dignitaries; very important persons; VIPs
without the least difference; exactly; perfectly; to the inch
now that you say that; now that you mention it
simple; easy; convenient; handy
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
to run around; to bustle about
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
semi-transparent; translucent
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
counterclockwise rotation; anti-clockwise rotation; CCW
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
superstition; acting superstitiously (for good luck)
clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
phantom; vision; illusion
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
oak; orc (fictional race common in fantasy literature); ork