lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to knead; to mix; to complicate; to turn into a mess
a glance; a look; a glimpse
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
with a plop; with a plonk; with a plunk; with a flop
(in the) palm of someone's hand; (under) someone's complete control; (at) someone's mercy
successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
cat lover; ailurophile; love of cats
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group
miraculous; wonder-working; magical
to sparkle; to glitter; to twinkle
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
short and stout; small but wide around
any beech tree of genus Castanopsis; chinquapin; chinkapin
along the road; along the way
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
kindness (shown by others); courtesy; favor; favour; good offices
food expenses; money for food; charge for board
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay