confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
mature woman; middle-aged woman
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
young girl; lass; adolescent female
to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
manner of using one's hands
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
(pressing) hard; badgeringly; pesteringly; repeatedly; urgingly
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
will; testament; last request
to drive away; to scatter; to rout
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
natural calamity; disaster
tranquillity and peace; tranquility and peace; peaceful and uneventful
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air