searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
final month of pregnancy; month in which childbirth is due
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
harm; evil; poison; blight; harmful influence
an honest man; a good citizen
same trade; same business; same profession
orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
redecoration; remodelling; remodeling; refurbishment
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
great nuisance; extremely annoying; quite embarrassing
cunning; crafty; wily; sly
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
beauty of style; beauty of form
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
pliantly; pliably; subserviently; ingratiatingly; servilely
now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease
anything and everything; just about everything
to be famous; to be well-known
bowing twice; worshipping again; Yours sincerely; Yours truly; Sincerely yours
making something strong even stronger; solidifying something's chances; (lit.) (giving) a metal rod to an ogre
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
lord of a manor; estate steward
to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
nightcap; a drink before sleeping
tepid water; lukewarm water; comfortable; easy; relaxed
to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
to drink too much (alcohol)
to fly into a jealous rage; to go mad with jealousy
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
surplus power; momentum; impetus; inertia