each house; every house; many houses
edge of the eaves; house frontage
to blow through; to blow across
overlapping; piling; stacking
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
as before; as ever; as it was originally
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
absence; disregard; indifference
in three days' time; two days after tomorrow
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
conversely; on the contrary
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
late at night; small hours of the morning
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
romantic; spicy; coquettish
to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
(for a fruit) to go bad and lose its shape from being overripe or damaged; to feel listless; to be dull; to be lazy
to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground
leopard (Panthera pardus)
to mind; to care; to worry
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
soft and elastic; flexible; pliant
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
a lick; one lick; engulfing (e.g. of fire); enveloping; consuming
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)