treasure house; storage for valuable property
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
archeologist; archaeologist
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
to continue to rain or snow
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
walking heavily; lumbering
to be perturbed; to be agitated
fear of heights; acrophobia
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
back off!; leave me alone!
to begin to walk; to set out
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
chitter; chatter; giggle; screeching; squealing