leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers; food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to bring; to take; to bring about
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
theatre-going; theater-going
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
lungs; bottom of one's heart; vital point
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
thunderous roar; roaring sound
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
already; now; no longer; not any more
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
don't you think?; indicates question
wooden doll; blockhead; good-for-nothing
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
instant; moment; for an instant
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to