watchdog; chaperone; watcher
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
large family; extended family
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
tool; implement; instrument; equipment
to make do errands; to set to scutwork
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
to use up all one's strength
offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale
to run around; to bustle about
intangible; incorporeal; by force; outrageous; making light of; making fun of
cutter; cutting tool; box cutter; utility knife; (tailor's) cutter; cutter (boat)
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
bathing (in a lake, river, or in the sea); playing in the water; playing with water
to mix; to stir; to blend
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
still; even now; to this day
high voltage; high pressure
snake; serpent; large snake
with no effort at all; easily