hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
one more time; once more; once again
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
delusion; trick of the imagination
person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
(with a) click (e.g. camera shutter); (with a) snap
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
breathing of a sleeping person
one's figure during sleep
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
adaptability; capacity for adaptation
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
in deep black; in jet black
extremely familiar; very well-acquainted
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
second day of the month; two days
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to hit; to beat; to shout at; to yell at
to pause; to have a short intermission
standard; set; routine; decided
to squeeze out; to wring out
to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to be too numerous; to be too much
granted that; even if; even though