master; teacher; stable master
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
breaking off relations; disconnection; insulation (esp. electrical); isolation
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
to curse someone to death; to put a deadly curse on someone
lifetime; one's whole life; all through life
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
surrounding at a distance
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
one star (rating); evening star; morning star
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
camping; campground; making camp
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
to strangle; to constrict
having no relation with whatsoever; having nothing to do with; alien
simmering; (boiling) gently
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
compassionate; sympathetic
to polish up; to shine up
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort