street at night; making a night journey
plural; multiple; several
to throw at; to turn; to raise
ditch; drain; gutter; trench
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
to assemble; to set up; to construct
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
normalcy; normality; normal
circulation of the blood; apprehension
receiving an electric shock
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
two times; twice; two degrees
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
drop (e.g. of water); drip
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to become coarse (e.g. of a texture); to turn rough; to turn gritty; to become sandy
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
from the viewpoint of; according to
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
to think constantly about; to dwell on
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
measurement error; calculation error
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to form a group; to form a bunch
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass