beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
middle of the night; dead of night
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
for one's true nature to come out
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; leisurely; deliberately
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
story; tale; talk; discussion
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
deadly serious; deadly earnest
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
to stare back at; to look back at
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
together; at the same time; same; identical
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult