author; writer; novelist; artist
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
book; volume; this; present; main; head
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
fat; tallow; lard; grease
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
beauty or ugliness; personal appearance; looks
in spite of; regardless of
point where one has to accept one's fate; point where one has to give up; state of resignation; resigned state
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
one's later years; final years (in life)
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
female lay devotee; believer
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
cramped home; one's humble abode; hovel; pigsty; cottage; squalid hut
to name; to call; to christen; to term
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
neighbourhood; neighborhood
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
take the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
that is to say; so that means
as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to put an end (to); to close the books (on)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well