stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; (lit.) blood-circulating
clockwork (motor, etc.); spring action
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
to become possible; to become able to (do)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
large build; large pattern
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to fall ill; to be taken ill
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
simple honesty; tactless frankness
to brave a danger; to take a risk
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
in that way; like that; that way
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
hook (fishing, golf, boxing, etc.)
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
prolific (writer, artist, etc.); productive; producing many works; writing prolifically
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to bring back; to restore
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
sticky; gluey; gummy; stickiness; something sticky