small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
treating someone like a child
double suicide; lovers' suicide
something; something or other; something something
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
short pants; shorts; breeches; knickerbockers
sewing together; stitching up (a wound); suture
lifting a girl's skirt; flipping up a skirt
to the core; to the bone; (lit.) to the marrow
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
charcoal; charred remains
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
how others look at you; what others think about you
reason; cause; history; origin
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
a little; a bit; slightly
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
one thing or another; this and that; something or another
to come to an end; to close the curtain
to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
five-family unit; five-man group; quintet