to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
ostrich (Struthio camelus)
fourth day of the month; four days
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
riverbed; raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the cool in summer
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
appeal made directly to a senior official without going through formalities
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
middle of the night; dead of night
to gain weight; to put on weight
to rove; to prowl; to go cruising
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
neighbourhood; neighborhood
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
calamity; disaster; accident
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal