three parts; three copies
right in the midst of; right at the height of
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
audience; attendance; hearers
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to begin slipping or sliding; to make a start upon
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
achievement of one's goal; goal achievement
pasha; honorary title in Ottoman Empire and pre-republican Egypt; click; sound of a camera shutter
easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable
cheering in chorus; saying in unison
quinquennial; recurring every five years
having children; attempting to conceive
from here; from this place
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
period of youth; while young
overall summary; (e.g. news) roundup
to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
heretical religion; damaging religion; heresy