account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
to feel hungry; to get hungry
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of
resolute; determined; bold
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
superintendent; supervisor; warden
worker; breadwinner; supporter; able person; able man; productive worker
to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
waste thread; lint; fluff
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks
companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character
to be infected; to be contagious
to give directions; to issue instructions
to suffer from tuberculosis
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
inquisitive (e.g. look); questioning; quizzical; interrogative
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
packing into a box; boxing (up); thing packed in a box
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
emergency light; emergency lamp
(rubbing, twisting) hard; with a squeal; with a creak; (drinking) in one sweep
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl
selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness