expectation; assume will happen; forecast
small silk wrapper; small cloth for wiping tea utensils; crepe wrapper
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to
patient; unhurried; leisurely
mine (ours) for the taking; something under one's full control
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh; suddenly blushing; in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
unskilled; not very good at
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
by means of; due to; because of; according to
something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento
petty thief; pilferer; sneak thief
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
government office; public office
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
difficult problem; challenge
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch