scenery; scene; landscape
divide into four pieces; one fourth
anesthetic; anaesthetic; narcotic
flabby; limp; soft and pliable
phantom; vision; illusion
children's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
to lead someone around by the nose
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
busybody; meddler; nosey parker
careless person; scatterbrain; birdbrain; hasty person
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
foolhardy; reckless; fearless
to do together; to share; to participate in
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
exactly as stated; verbatim
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal