meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
squint; cross-eyed; mistaken view
right beside; close to; nearby
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to subsist; to keep on living
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
how; in what way; I wonder
vacant or unoccupied room
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to be exhausted; to be tired out
to cause someone to worry
neighbourhood; neighborhood
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
city hospital; municipal hospital
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to go out and away; to leave
sick person; patient; invalid
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
principle of laissez-faire
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
third day of the month; three days
late at night; at a late hour
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life