the crucial moment; the moment of truth; do-or-die situation; crucial juncture; crucial stage
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
voice quality; type of voice
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
reading aloud; recitation
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
doing whatever one pleases
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
making things out of dirt (for fun)
clay doll; clay figure; clay figurine
to close (one's eyes); to shut
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
direct descent; direct line
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
resentment; indignation; anger
to sell off; to sell completely
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
place to go; person to turn to; someone to depend on
grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
game of make-believe; child's play; pretend play
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively