eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
to curse (someone) to death; to put a deadly curse on (someone)
lifetime; one's whole life; all through life
to light (a fire); to kindle; to incite; to instigate; to stir up
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
surrounding at a distance
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
one star (rating); evening star; morning star
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; campfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
camping; campground; making camp
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; to find someone's fault; to get evidence on someone; to get a lead on someone
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
to strangle; to constrict
having no relation with whatsoever; having nothing to do with; alien
simmering; (boiling) gently
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
to lie in wait; to wait for an opportunity to hurt someone; (lit.) to sharpen one's fangs
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
feeling of a house or a room
compassionate; sympathetic
to polish up; to shine up
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
company; group; class; troop; rank; file
coagulation; freezing; solidification
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); icky; to stick closely