falling asleep easily; finding it easy to fall asleep
striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc.; purification ceremony in which sparks are struck in the direction of someone (oft. for good luck)
training school; vocational school
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to make one's rounds; to patrol
prehistoric era; prehistoric times; prehistory
maid headdress (e.g. white Alice band covered with lace)
to come and go; to go back and forth
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
revitalization of a village; village renewal (project)
to bail out (water); to scoop out
to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to pout (e.g. lips); to get nervous; to set one's nerves on edge; to raise (e.g. one's voice)
to mesh (of gears); (fig.) to be in sync (of people, organizations, etc.)
construction (building) costs
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
better than none at all; better than nothing
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
extremely dangerous; full of peril
to stare back at; to look back at
poorhouse; almshouse; workhouse
to be manageable; to be able to handle
to be horrified; to be filled with trepidation; to shake with fright; to yield to terror
going to bed (usu. with someone)
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
pounded fish cake; half a slice; half a ticket; ticket stub
hot-tempered; quick to take offense; quick to take offence; irascible; touchy
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
homeless person; vagabond; tramp
well-bred; of good upbringing