material; substance; matter
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
indeed; really; truly; very much
every year; yearly; annually
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
probability; likelihood; chances
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
to knock back; to strike back; to beat in revenge
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
one by one; in detail; minutely
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
to change completely; to change suddenly
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
never mind!; don't worry about it
circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to cross one's mind; to occur to one