to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
poisoning; kill by poison
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
lovable; sweet; charming; pitiful; pathetic; touching
to triumph; to be elated with success
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to suffer mentally; to be in emotional pain
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
best; most (valuable player); top (quality); grade A; ace; finest
to have a reason; to have an excuse
patterns of thinking; train of thought
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
lump together; put all together
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret