evening meal; dinner; supper
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
with a clink (click, clack)
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
seven delicious flavors (flavours); blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.); shichimi
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
going to and fro; back and forth
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
last week; the week before
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to spew venom; to speak ill (of people)
to anticipate; to foresee
making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
Abitur; German school leavers' examination and university entrance qualification
statement (of a carefully reasoned logical argument); dissertation; enunciation; setting forth
Ptolemaic theory; geocentric model; geocentrism