handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to begin drawing; to begin painting
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
other than; excluding; without
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
very young; little; childish; immature
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
wherein; therein; thereinto
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to strike (with a stick, whip, etc.); to hit; to punch; to go to (a place to eat, drink, etc.)
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off