bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
dissolute; dissipated; licentious; slovenly; untidy; messy
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
custom; practice; convention; precedent
irreproachable conduct; good conduct; high morals
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to spread; to be propagated
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
complicated and mysterious
enthusiast; fan; lover; devotee; aficionado
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
doing whatever one pleases
match (to light fire with)
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
to have a nightmare; to make a noise during a nightmare
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to harbor suspicion; to harbour suspicion
to look away; to avert one's eyes
support; backing; patronage
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
to break the silence; to break one's silence
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
leader; central personage
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to yield to temptation; to succumb
surmise (about somebody's feelings); guess; conjecture