polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
visitor (to a factory, school, lab., etc.)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
peeler (kitchen utensil); peeler (for peeling a label from its base in a barcode printer)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)
to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with
there is nothing; having nothing
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
rich person; wealthy person; taking good care of things; keeping things for a long time and taking care of them
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
last days; the end; one's fate
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
sash; sliding window frame (esp. metal)
opening fully; full throttle; full power
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
elder sister; effeminate man
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
calamity; misfortune; disaster