to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
personification; impersonation; embodiment
face; looks; vestiges; trace
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering