to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
crash; smash; crunch; bang
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
clearing one's throat; cough
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
pronunciation; production of sound
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
about this time; about now
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with