interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
humming a tune; humming unconcernedly
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
improper; inappropriate; unjust; unfair; unreasonable
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
baa (sound of a sheep); meh
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
button (clothing); push-button
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
borrowing something without returning it; mooching; welching
guess; speculation; supposition
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
counter for books; volume
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
chop (pro wrestling move); knifehand strike; chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop (tennis); chop stroke
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to despair of; to see the vanity of
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of