weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
troubled face; worried expression
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
covering; protection; backing; relief
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
report; notification; registration
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to join together; to combine; to join up
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
silence; stillness; quietness
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
violent emotion; passion; fury
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
planting; planting out; transplanting
even if not; even without
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
hateful; detestable; loathsome
regulation; adjustment; control
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
notice; attention; observation
to pick up; to find; to gather
to some extent; to a certain extent