to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
smoking room; smoking compartment
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
the opposite direction; the other way
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
opening inward (e.g. door, window)
to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family; to attire oneself; to outfit oneself
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
river surface; surface of a river
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
reeling in by hand; winding by hand; transport by passing from hand to hand (e.g. in a bucket brigade); passing along a human chain; arrangements; managing
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
even more; still more; further
earplug (for protection against noise or water)
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
opposite side; other side; other party
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
intelligence; intellect; brains
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling