not caring; not giving a damn
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to scatter; to blow about; (arch.) to spread a rumor; (arch.) to talk around
form; shape; figure; visage
(sound effect for) collapsing; losing strength; slumping; losing balance
to understand fully; to be convinced; to be satisfied
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
looking pale; looking unwell
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
settlement; solution; resolution
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to collapse into; to flop onto
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
carrying (child) under arm
near; close by; within reach; familiar
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit