sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
chattering (of teeth) and trembling (with fear)
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
to feel oneself indebted to
compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
suddenly; abruptly; impulsively
the scruff or nape of the neck
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
since when; from when; how long
taking something into consideration; making allowances; discounting
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
unexpectedly; suddenly; abruptly
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
the same kind; accomplice; partner
to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably