secondhand book; ancient book; antiquarian books
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
hooded sweatshirt; hoodie; hoody; hooded jacket; parka; anorak
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
danger; peril; hazard; risk
and; thereupon; because of that
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
to look away; to avert one's eyes
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
to collapse into; to flop onto
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to underrate; to make light of
female friend; woman friend
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
presence; sitting with; being with
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me