to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
totteringly; with tottering steps; toddling
senior group member; leader among peers; (like) one's older brother; big brother
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
walk; walking; (arch.) foot messenger (of a town, village, etc.)
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to train; to discipline; to teach manners
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
second hand clothes shop; somebody who sells second hand clothes
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
(sink) deeply (into mud, snow, etc.); (thrust) deeply (into a soft object); (involved) too deeply (in a matter, relationship, etc.); drenched; soaked; (arch.) extremely (drunk)
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
to go wrong; to turn for the worse
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
gracefully; affectedly; mincingly
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
tremblingly; having the chills (through fear, cold, anticipation, etc.)
carnivore; carnivorous animal
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage