Vocabulary

granny; grandma; gran

to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd

to sprinkle (of rain, etc.)

to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)

to crush (with the weight of misfortune)

hungry

very hungry; starving; ravenous

to boil over

impulsive; unexpected; accidental; casual; inadvertent; on a whim

to feel giddy; to totter; to stagger

grumbling; muttering; complaining; moaning

dangling

buzz; hum

(smelling) strongly; pungently; reeking

hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)

crushed flat; flattened; squashed; flat-topped

(eating up) quickly; in no time; gobbling up

to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to clean (ears)

to be bound (by feelings); to be fettered (by); to be overcome (by); to be moved (by); to be touched (by)

slim; slender; slight; delicate

to loiter

quite; utterly; really; completely

lightly

isolated; standing alone

to be easily mistaken for (something else); to be indistinguishable from; to look just like

in time of need; for a rainy day; in case of emergency

much less; to say nothing of

pure white

dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful

completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all

to be choked; to be stifled; to be smothered

to dress oneself up; to deck oneself out

to be discouraged; to shrink from

to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage

flaring up; bursting into flames

rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up

mumbling; chewing one's words

to turn a somersault

somersault

at last; finally