before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
god of wealth; (arch.) monk's wife
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
loose (of clothing); baggy; flabby; saggy; sloshing; slopping
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
ready-made; common-law (wife)
overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle
... and eastward; east of
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
both hands; both arms; ten
unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
corrective lenses for myopia
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out