stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
night watch; fire watchman
solitarily; in a lonely fashion; all alone; by oneself
with a start; with a jump
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
to roll up; to be rolled up
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
have a good day; take care; see you
decline; downturn; drop; (mental) depression; low spirits
to leap back; to jump back
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
stinging hair (of a nettle, caterpillar, etc.)
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
double; twice (as much); twofold
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
otherwise; or else; if not
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
amount of sugar; sugar content
carbonic acid; carbonated water; baking soda; sodium carbonate
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)