to approach; to draw near
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
relatively quickly (esp. actions); quite suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus)
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
den of vice; rogue's den; brothel; red-light district; cluttered room
no need to guess; certainly
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
danger; peril; hazard; risk
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
ability; capability; skill
bolt from the blue; great surprise
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
(very) patient; persevering
natural; intrinsic; from birth
correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform
another thing; exception; special case
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
influential person; man of importance
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
interference; meddling; butting in
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
to trample down; to devastate
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to inherit; to receive; to take over by transfer
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
on bad terms; at loggerheads
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
process; course; mechanism