lofty; grand; impressive; high school and university
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
all but dead; half killed
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)
emergency measures; urgent countermeasures
crystalline lens (of the eye)
impossible; unthinkable; unimaginable
Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
planarian (any flatworm of family Planaria)
unicellular organism; monad
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
this (very thing); this precisely
soft hair; villus (intestinal)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to triumph; to be elated with success
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)