on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
in the meanwhile; during the time
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
vain dream of wealth and splendour (splendor)
uneducated; uncultured; unrefined; ignorant
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
please (give me); please (do for me)
forcibly; against one's will
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
order picking (taking goods from a warehouse to fulfil customer orders); lock picking; picking (a guitar, banjo, etc.)
shameless; shameless person
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to be needed; to be wanted
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me