relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
this and that; various things
minute; very fine; annoying; complicated; very detailed; elaborate
end; close; finish; termination
to be in luck's way; to get lucky
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become better; to improve
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
gun; pistol; tiddlywinks; marbles; repellence
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
pupil; student; schoolchild
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle