impudence; audacity; shamelessness; effrontery
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
tedious; boring; being fed up with
suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
knowledge (of a skill, art, etc.); proficiency; essentials; know-how; preparedness; readiness
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
long time; several hours; long spell
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
seeming (to be); appearing; apparently
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to be beneficial (to); to do (a person) good
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
5th day of the month; five days
wide open (of eyes); large and bright (eyes)
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
to come to one's senses; to calm down
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself
(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
valuable article; valuables
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)