to sweep (with a broom); to clean up
to be saved from the fire
cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to whip an egg; to scramble (e.g. an egg)
oil bottle (esp. for hair oil); oilcup; font (in an oil lamp)
mudslinging contest; mudslinging match
patagium (vertebrate flying or gliding membrane)
mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; (fig.) person who follows orders blindly
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
geometric progression; proliferation; multiplying like rats
diligent worker; hard worker
to clench (teeth); to engage (gears); to set to fighting
the heat of food just after cooking
to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
absolutely (ought to); by all means; all; entirely
sweetness and bitterness; joys and sorrows
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
recess; break; breathing spell
lament (song); elegy; dirge; Lamentations (book of the Bible)
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
black spot; black dot; bull's-eye; middle dot; interpunct
progressive form; in progress (e.g. of a project)
as one flesh or body; simultaneously
red hair; Westerner (esp., originally, the Dutch)
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
class system; caste system; hierarchical system
coyote (carnivore, Canis latrans)