lump together; put all together
foreign matter; impurities
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
the other party (usu. in business); person or party with whom you are dealing (on the other end)
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
abstention; nonparticipation
to neglect; to leave undone; to lay aside
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
interference; meddling; butting in
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
to appease; to suppress; to calm
to overflow from something full
billow; surge; large wave
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
to entrust; to leave to a person
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw