making regular visits to a social welfare facility
cesspool; sink; manure sink
deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score
rare; uncommon; rare; lightly cooked; rhea (bird of family Rheidae); Rhea (Greek goddess)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
(a place) within one's reach
climax; peak; zenith; apex
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
pale; pallid; bluish-white
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
to become settled; to be fixed
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply
continuous; nonstop; consecutive; ceaseless
to think too much; to be over-concerned
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
to be extremely sleepy; to be at the brink of falling asleep
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
revised edition (of a book or manuscript); authoritative edition; standard edition; final version of a book as edited by the author; revised edition of a book as edited by the author
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
to work without sleep or rest
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)