to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
only; merely; but; no more than
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
to rant and rave; to raise hell
to burst (open); to break; to split
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
letter; missive; note; mail
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
hostile relations; hostile relationship
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to stiffen; to become stiff
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest