to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
to be in danger of; to be liable to
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
sleeping pill; sleep medication
to collapse into; to flop onto
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
relatively; comparatively
closeted maiden; carefully-raised girl from a well-to-do family
to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding; to act formally; to act stiffly
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
to be particular about one's food; to have a discriminating palate
and yet; despite (all) that
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
thuddingly; plumping down (like a heavy weight)
boneless rib (esp. of pork or beef); boned rib
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
fire pan; heating; first lighting (e.g. furnace); firing (e.g. forest); pasteurization
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
strongish; somewhat strong
different room; another room; separate rooms
(appearance while) in pajamas (pyjamas)
cash bonus; reward; bounty
to keep an eye on; to take care of
answer respectively agreement or disagreement
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
first thing in the morning