wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
to hand over; to surrender
pitch dark; total darkness
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
one by one; one at a time; in turn
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
to be forward; to be impertinent
the passage of electric current
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
dazzlement; bewilderment; daze
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
one by one; one after another; successively
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one