explanation (of the meaning); interpretation
night-soil vault; clay pot used to collect feces in an outhouse
pure; clean; untouched; innocent
sister complex; excessive attachment to one's sister
platform shoes; thick-soled shoes
dull; uninteresting; boring; drab
point (of a conversation, etc.); sense; hold; grip
retrenchment; curtailment
clockwork (motor, etc.); spring action
the wisdom of the many; well-known
room allocation; assignment of rooms
cylinder; magazine of a revolver
apostasy; renunciation (e.g. of a religion); defection
tempering iron; forging steel; wrought iron
feigning death; playing possum; tonic immobility; thanatosis; apparent death
shallow cunning; shallow cleverness
to hold fast deep in (one's mouth or other orifice, often used in a sexual context); to bring in a man for sex
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
circulatory system (blood, lymph, etc.)
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
autotomy; self amputation; act of cutting off a part of one's own body in order to escape a predator
decomposition; ulceration
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
in this case, it does not apply; this case is an exception
to be muddy; to be slushy
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
Canidae (family containing domestic dogs, wolves, foxes, etc.)