to drag along; to take (a suspect to the police); to drag (someone) away
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
food shortage; food scarcity; difficulty of obtaining food
succession struggle; succession race
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
guardianship; guardian; (theatrical) assistant; prompter
complaint; quibble; niggle; finding fault; false accusation
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
uncouth person; disgusting fellow; nuisance; outcast; bore
hairy; thickly haired; shaggy
to be quick-witted; to be quick-thinking
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
surmise (about somebody's feelings); guess; conjecture
asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible
background knowledge; prerequisite knowledge
gunpowder magazine; magazine; explosives warehouse; (fig.) powder keg
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
to use one's intuition; to use one's instinct; to use one's head
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
to have (something) innate; to be born with
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
covered wagon; prairie schooner
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
curved sword (e.g. a scimitar, shamshir, etc.); curved blade
(of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents; (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later; (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
leaping; jumping; spring; exciting
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
patting; stroking; caressing
such a thing; something like that
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another