secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang
various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse
massing (of troops); gathering
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
whichever one chooses; either way
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon
side of a geometric shape (e.g. triangle or rectangle)
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
children's story; fairy tale
anonymous scholarship system for orphans whose parents have been killed in traffic accidents (from Daddy-Long-Legs, a 1912 novel by Jean Webster); harvestman; daddy longlegs (arachnid of order Opiliones)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
the last moment; the very end
to make an appearance; to show up
to make an appearance; to show up
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
schoolgirl; female student
human kindness; human weakness
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
absolutely; positively; decidedly
to happen to have on hand or in stock
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull