to gain a reliable foundation and be in a safe condition; to rest easy; (lit.) to board a large ship
founder of a religious sect
to beat (e.g. eggs); to whip (e.g. cream); to whisk; to lather
pasha; honorary title in Ottoman Empire and pre-republican Egypt; click; sound of a camera shutter
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
to pair with; to pair up; to pair off
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); cutting plane
sooner or later; in time; eventually
to take back; to recapture
solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
good correspondent; ready writer
highlight; best part; stunning; incredible; superb
poker; fire iron used to rake ash
to sustain a serious wound
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
to be lacking in options; to be too few
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
microscopic; infinitesimal
spine (of book); binding (of book)
favorite; favourite; habitually used
leather cover; leather binding
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
spray; mist (not meteorological)
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
along the river; riverside
pillars supporting heaven
guess; conjecture; supposition; inference