creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to detain; to check; to restrain
to collapse into; to flop onto
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
with a start; with a jump
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
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
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
understood; I see; OK; present; here
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
to follow another's example
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
to finish reading; to read through
hey there; I say; see here
here and there; in places
refined taste; good taste
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
such; like that; that sort of; very
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing