Vocabulary

teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)

parched; dried-up; bone-dry

mechanism; machinery; contrivance; device

bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather)

just because; even if; even though

with a grinding noise

trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth)

chattering (teeth)

with a clatter; with a rattle; with a clank

with a clank

with a slamming noise (e.g. door, telephone receiver); with a banging noise; with a clash; with a clank; with a bang

tick-tock; chipping (sound)

tightwad; miser

firmly (grasped); latched onto; locked onto

hungrily; voraciously; ravenously

nagging; griping

with a clatter; with a rattle

rattlesnake

empty; hollow; bare; vacant; deserted

sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger

person who studies very hard (at school); grind; swot; drudge

with a (sharp) creak; with a squeak; with a screech

unruly (e.g. of a child); unyielding; disobedient; strong-willed

jam-packed (physically or of schedule, etc.)

exactly; just; precisely

surely; undoubtedly; almost certainly; most likely (e.g. 90 percent)

briskly; energetically; livelily; efficiently; crisply; vigorously

squeaking; creaking; with a squeak; with a squeal

creakingly; squeakingly; squealingly

shrill; strident; piercing; tinkling; metallic-sounding

awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; stilted

notches; serration; indentation; jaggies (stair-step artifacts in computer images)

stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; unsociable; edgy

strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain

snoringly

goggling; rolling (one's eyes)

feeling depressed; feeling gloomy; feeling downhearted

sneeze; sneezing

to giggle

ticklish