hammer; hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; someone who sinks like a stone
well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
keeping silent; saying nothing at all
outer case; casing; slip-case; slipcase; outer box
dial (on timepiece, meter, etc.); letter board (e.g. on typewriter, writing aide for the disabled, etc.); character board
clockwork (motor, etc.); spring action
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction; kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to frame; to falsely accuse of a crime
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to grow angry; to display one's anger
to say no more; to sink into silence
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
handful; small amount; small number
as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard