merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
to paint (draw) a picture
notebook; account book; register
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
backing paper; back paper; backing sheet; paper printed or used on one side; reverse side of paper printed on one side
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to be the ruin of (a person)
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
looks; personal appearance; features
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
sour look; surly face; pout
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
to make a lasting impression
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
prognostic symptoms; after-effect
not necessarily so; is not always true
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue