foul-mouthed; foul (language); abusive; greedy; gluttonous
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
embarking (a ship); embarkation; boarding; ship (carrying someone)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
(this) small amount; (such a) paltry amount; only this much; slightest bit
funny story; funny anecdote
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
to bring (someone into a place); to lead into
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
hidden room; secret chamber
to live in hiding; to live as a recluse
very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
example; illustration; precedent
to avoid being seen; to be clandestine
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
wandering (around); roaming; loitering; prowling; hanging around
crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
to be covertly swapped; to be replaced (e.g. with a counterfeit)
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
last years; closing years; last days; closing days; end; last stage
one's later years; final years (in life)
I can say now (what I couldn't before); now (that things have changed) I don't mind telling you; I couldn't tell you until now; I couldn't have told you this back then
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
to boast; to brag; to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow
look!; there!; here!; that is
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
machinery and materials; equipment; materials for manufacturing machinery
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far