Vocabulary

built in a night; stopgap; hastily written

last-minute cramming; overnight cramming

role (which someone or something plays in a given situation); part; contribution (to a given situation)

one evening; some evenings

(a) short story; short-story writer

one advantage

advantages and disadvantages; gain some, lose some

2.44 miles

reduction in area of rice under cultivation

one grain; one drop; one bead

one particle irreducible

(one's precious) only child

at one's discretion

(a) day or two

(a) year or two

unicycle; monocycle

first-base line

same kind; accomplices; companions

sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat

pawnshop

gambling on whether the throw of a die will produce a "one" or a "six"; gambling with dice

(a) moment; an instant

(a) branch (of flowers); (a) cluster; (a) mass (of clouds)

(a) bit; (a) trifle

one swift effort; rush through one's work; fast-talking, writing, etc.

(a) point; (a) degree

a (helping) hand; a little help; some assistance

one's mood; one's caprice; a smile or a frown

passage in a discourse; one section; one scene

overflow

inundation; overflow

overflow; spill

stray arrow

muffed ball

anecdote; unknown fact

escape; leaving

escape; flight; running away

swiftness; fleetness of foot; swift horse

first-rate specimen; first-rate object; superb item; superb article; excellent thing; pick (e.g. of a litter)

lost work; lost writings