saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
cookware; cooking utensil
native people; aboriginal; indigenous people
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to surround; to crowd around
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
to catch the eye; to attract attention
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
to summon; to get used to call
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
softly; mildly; gently; politely
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious