deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
emergency staircase; emergency stairs
insertion; incorporation; infixing
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to kill by burning to death
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
going to and fro; back and forth
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
eighth day of the month; eight days
lecher with a quiet exterior; lecher who doesn't seem it and doesn't talk about it
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
(committee) chairman; president
class president; head class representative
bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring
phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line
first meeting; first interview with
brat; kid; urchin; little devil
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to brave a danger; to take a risk
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for