indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
apparent; obvious; very clear
trick; contrivance; cleverness
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
last days; the end; one's fate
remonstrance; remonstration; admonition; protest; reproof; expostulation
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
present (brought by a visitor); gift
to lay aside; to set aside
correction; rectification; mending; repair
to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
to develop into a serious incident
to shoot or fire off an arrow
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to soak into; to permeate
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
mockery; derision; ridicule
to harm; to cause harm to