weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
reopening; resumption; restarting
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
passion; passions; (sexual) desire; craving
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
straw futon; straw mattress; palliasse
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
cannot be compared with; no match for
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
right beside; close to; nearby
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
to pick up; to find; to gather
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up