to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
roadside tree; row of trees
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
defective item; defective product; defective merchandise
masculine woman; mannish woman; feminine man; effeminate man; intersexual; hermaphrodite
society; the world; the times
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to slap; to strike; to spank
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
thicket; coppice; brushwood
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
upper half of the body; upper body
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
in search of; in order to look for
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
self-torturing; masochistic