staff; member (club, society, etc.)
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
surely (not); certainly (not)
library (usu. single-room); small library
to get moldy (mouldy); to get musty; to develop mildew
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to collapse into; to flop onto
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
society; the world; the times
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object
meteor; shooting star; falling star
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to be helpful; to be useful
willpower; energy; vitality
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
incompatible; (going together) like oil and water
if it is the case that ...
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in