scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
sleeping pill; sleep medication
(instruction) manual; handbook
anesthetic; anaesthetic; narcotic
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
to begin talking; to open up
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
very careful; thoroughly prepared
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
rainfall; snowfall; alighting; descending
passing shower; streaks of pouring rain
to cease; to stop; to be over
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to explain adequately; to be accountable
raincoat; mackintosh; macintosh; trench coat
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
note (letter) left behind; will
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate