watch-keeping; guard; lookout
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to be hot on a person's heels
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
charm; incantation; spell; curse
Now let's return to the main subject; To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
khan (medieval ruler of a Tatary tribe)
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
moment to quit; way to quit
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
going on a pleasure jaunt
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
silver powder; powdered silver
flour; meal; powder; dust