to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to put on; to wear; to be used to wearing
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
even for an instant; even as a joke
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
epidemic; plague; pestilence
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce