worthwhile reading; substantial reading
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
being startled; getting a shock
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
platform truck; hand truck; trolley; truck; bogie
silence (not speaking); muteness
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
being easily frightened; losing one's nerve; coward; chatter (undesirable vibration in machine tools)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
one bow; one salute; one greeting
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
not caring; not giving a damn
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
to kill; to beat to death
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
to pierce through; to break through
reading through (a book); finishing (a book)
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
cookie; biscuit; cookie; browser cookie
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
other than; excluding; without
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
to have a chill run down one's spine
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just