patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances
unavoidable; inevitable; inescapable; hopeless; beyond help
with a bang (clash, bump)
long coat; full-length coat
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
study of foreign languages; linguistics
proficient; skilled; skillful; patience; perseverance; fortitude
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
reference book; study-aid book; supplemental textbook; student handbook
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
busy; having no time (for)
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
Casei; Cathy; Kathy; Cassie
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
wrinkled; full of wrinkles