potato; French fries; chips; sweet potato
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
news; word; tidings; omen
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
crude; unrefined; coarse; ill-mannered; rude; insensitive
tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable
strategy meeting; council of war
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
acting ability; talent as a performer
supplementary explanation
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
communications partner; entity at the end of a communication
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to palm off; to force a sale
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
nothing but; none other than
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
north wind; northerly wind
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
diagnosis; medical examination
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to