solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
about here; in this neighborhood
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
to dye; to colour; to color
to keep watch; to stand guard
single cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
root; joint; base; crotch
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
lisping; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
sticky; stiff; tenacious; persistent
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to look away; to turn away
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
with a clink (click, clack)
sanity; consciousness; soberness
laughing foolishly; cackling
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart