PS; postscript; appending; addition (esp. of data, information)
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
to envelop; to blanket; to cloak
to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
sudden change; sudden turn
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
tidal hour; right time (to do something); opportunity; chance
to settle; to finish; to bring to an end
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
official history; authorized history
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
leaving everything up to someone else
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to stay calm; to keep cool
to gaze (at); to stare intently (at); to look fixedly (at); to fascinate; to enchant; to possess
bedside; near one's pillow
match declared drawn due to injury; ending with both sides suffering damage (of a dispute, etc.)
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
great cause; moral law; justice
without delay; smoothly; without a hitch
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
huh; I'll be damned; well!
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)
powder snow; powdery snow
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
to continue to rain or snow