with a loud, shrill laugh; with a cackle; (laughing) wildly
to maintain (preserve) peace
what do you want?; can I help you?
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
trouble; bother; annoyance
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
head of a family; patriarch; matriarch
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
descendant; progeny; offspring
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
if you think about it; come to think of it
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
great many; ever so many; any number; as few or as many (as you like); whether large or small
dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication
to face on; to look out on to
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to one's heart's content; as much as one likes; without reserve; freely; to the full
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
couch; bench; ottoman; settee
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
to weave in (a pattern, colour, material, etc.)
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time)
this occasion; at this time; now
to say; to be called; to do
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to