year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
many children; large family
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
each time it happens; at all such times
immediately; right away; on the spot
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
to sweep together; to rake up; to gather up; to drag towards oneself; to pull nearer
turning over while sleeping in bed; betrayal; double-crossing
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
since when; from when; how long