cane; walking stick; staff; wand
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
of course; certainly; naturally
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
round (esp. in sports, negotiations, etc.); rounds (e.g. nurse, security guard, etc.)
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
to feel; to sense; to experience
natural virtue; personal virtue
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
consecutive number; serial number
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
soldier; combatant; warrior
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
horseplay; fooling around
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend