gleaming; shining; glistening
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to rebuke; to scold harshly
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
manners; behavior; behaviour
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to ask; to enquire; to query
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
beyond this point; from now on; after this
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
with a momentary flash of light
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
sons and daughters; children; girl
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
an assortment; combination
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
is never the case; has never happened
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
to push aside; to push one's way through
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40