little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
being startled; getting a shock
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
whispered conversation; whispering
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes
reception room; parlor; parlour
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
quick bath; quick shower; quick dip (e.g. in the sea)
fourth day of the month; four days
grandfather; male senior-citizen
macadamia nut (Macadamia sp.)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
failure; mistake; blunder
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob