come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to read the situation; to sense the mood
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
embers; cinders; burnt residue; combustion residue
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
how; in what way; by what means
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
stealthily; secretly; in secret
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
duty; function; office; mission; task
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
when it becomes; when it comes to
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
to be ill; to suffer from; to worry about; to be concerned about; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...
official who arranges festival and rites
transactions; dealings; business
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
prospects of victory; chances of success
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet