work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
year in, year out; always; 24-7
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
being somewhat excited (agitated)
deathbed; dying hour; one's death
hesitantly; timidly; diffidently
playing with dirt; gardening; farming (as a hobby)
sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
everything working out as desired
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer
to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (letter) till called for
change of course; changing direction; shifting position (of retreating forces); retreat
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
person who has great confidence (faith) in himself
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
red cloth; red background
(sleeping) peacefully; quietly; soundly
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
to grumble; to be unsettled; to grizzle
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
one day; (on) a certain day
important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
person of doubtful origin
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
firstborn; first child; eldest child
pregnancy; conception; gestation
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax