fourth day of the month; four days
with a clatter; with a fling (opening a door, window, etc.); bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); cheerfully
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
short-sleeved (or sleeveless) undergarment worn by aristocratic men
air-permeability; breathability
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
capable of anything; liable to do
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
cloud of dust (sand, etc.)
distortion; falsification; perversion
gambling; competition; game (of chance)
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
particularly; only; in the case of
within; inside of; less than
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
infancy; childhood; tender age
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
to provide (a person) with a bodyguard
cancellation; abandonment