habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
block (of wood); chip; splinter
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
to put to sleep; to lay (something) on its side
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
being filled with; being full of; permeation
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
formal marriage interview
(after) bouncing around from one place to the next
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
prevention; precaution; protection against
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
stirring; rousing oneself
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
somehow or other; one way or another; by some means or other
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
bad job; poor workmanship; bungle
to lower the curtain; to come to an end
to make an appearance; to show up
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
the last moment; the very end
in this manner; in this way; like this
to gain the understanding (of); to obtain consent (from)
to escape from; to get out
craving; longing; thirsting
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to encamp; to take up positions