by myself; in person; by oneself
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
so; like this; in this way
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
literary club (e.g. at school); literary section (e.g. newspaper)
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
inarticulate; clumsy with words; poor at speaking
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to pass (of time); to elapse
alone; by oneself; on one's own
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to repeat; to do something over again
scene; spectacle; sight; view
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)