skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
large amount of money; great cost
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
to employ; to hire; to charter
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
treasure hunting; treasure hunt; lucky dip; game involving finding hidden prizes from a sand box, barrel of leaves, etc.
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
untouched; unused; intact
wherein; therein; thereinto
contrary to one's expectations
black lustre; black luster
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
cutting pliers; lineman's pliers; combination pliers
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
silence (not speaking); muteness
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to crawl out of; to creep out of
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
night watch; night sentry
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up