to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
clanging; empty; deserted
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
welcome!; nice to see you!
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
no need to guess; certainly
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
many people talking noisily; chowing down; scarfing down; roughly (of actions)
correction; rectification; mending; repair
very interesting; of great interest
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to grow taller (of people)
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
to laugh away; to laugh off
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to scatter away; to vanish
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
promotion; raising of status
vulgar; in poor taste; cheap; low-brow
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
infection; contagion; becoming infected
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey