social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
superior; excellent; fine
article; thing; object; property; real estate
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
invitation; introduction; temptation
never ceasing; never ending
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
main cause; primary factor
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
carnivore; carnivorous animal
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
mine (ours) for the taking; something under one's full control
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); pharmacist; druggist; chemist
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to break into a smile; to smile broadly; to beam