nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
reasoning; logic; persuasion
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
uncleanliness; dirtiness; (arch.) menses; (arch.) feces (faeces); bathroom
derailment; digression; deviation
drinking party; banquet; feast
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
patriarch; head of a family
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
regarding as a sure thing; seeing as a certainty
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to live through; to survive
distinction; differentiation; classification
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
mere consolation; temporary peace of mind
Asian hazel (Corylus heterophylla var. thunbergii); Siberian hazel
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
refusing to budge; adamant; intransigent; unyielding
in low spirits; dejected; sad
dispersing; breaking up; running away
by return; (call or write back) without delay; lapel; cuff; going back; returning; chorus
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
setting a place; setting the table
(shopping) cart; kart; go-kart
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
to wrap up; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in
sleeping powder; sleeping drug; narcotic; anaesthetic; anesthetic