(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
physical condition; state of health
grasp; catch; understanding
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
sixth day of the month; six days
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
future (usually near); prospects
moving tale; impressive tale
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
delusion; trick of the imagination
melon (esp. a muskmelon, Cucumis melo)
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action