baking foods in a covered pan; foods baked in a covered pan
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
cave dwelling; troglodytism
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to stop in the middle of a sentence
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
make no progress; remain unsettled
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
rustic; rude; vulgar; rough
inhuman person; fiend; beast; brute
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to guffaw; to roar with laughter; to laugh heartily
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
construction at top speed
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
my husband; one's family; family member
to soothe and humor (humour); to coax
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ