partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
watering hole; watering place
kitchen table; kitchen counter; working surface
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
fear; dread; fright; terror; trepidation; panic
fit; attack; spasm; ictus; paroxysm; seizure
though; even if; whether ... or ...
to lend an ear (to); to hear out; to listen to
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
to complain; to make a complaint
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
to feel hungry; to get hungry
(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; dull; roundabout
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
rising water (of river, lake, etc.); swelling water; increased water; high water
break; pause; interruption; intermission
volume of water (in a river, pond, flood, etc.)
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
to neglect; to leave undone; to lay aside
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
I've got to be going; I must go
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
disillusionment; disillusion; disenchantment
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
courteous; decorous; polite
call; summons; convening; convocation