poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
not caring; not giving a damn
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to live through; to survive
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
to throw into; to toss into
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar