performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
squaring; multiplying (a number) by itself; second power
being apt to make a show of one's faults; penchant for boasting of one's faults; pretending to be worse than one really is
seriously; no kidding; joking aside; in all seriousness
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
from the viewpoint of; according to
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
nine times; twisting around many times
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
practical problem; practical matter
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
second day of the month; two days
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
murder for pleasure; lust murder
homeless; homeless person
to need; to call for; to require
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to lose sight of; to miss
indeed; really; truly; very much
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to finish reading; to read through
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
superb view; picturesque scenery