politeness; good manners; courtesy; etiquette
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
to lean against; to set against
main cause; primary factor
river; stream; River; the ... river
common (of objects, abstract things); usual
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
interference; intervention; meddling
ultimate; final; last; eventual
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
early (days); initial stage; initial
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
infection; contagion; becoming infected
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
insertion; incorporation; infixing
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
curse; spell; malediction
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
toxin; poisonous substance
wee-wee; pee-pee; number one
much less; to say nothing of
care for patients with bedpans, urinary bottles, etc.
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
of little importance; trivial; worthless; valueless