Vocabulary

to cough violently; to have a coughing fit

to drive someone off with gunfire

to worry about; to be vexed

to give guidance; to explain clearly; to admonish; to preach

to raise; to set up

to recite; to chant; to read aloud

to travel; to take a trip; to make a journey

to be folded (up)

to enrich; to make wealthy

to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager

to be caught

to charge; to sentence; to punish

to drill; to bore; to pierce; to pass through

to use (public property) for personal purposes; to use (e.g. politics) for one's own ends; to misappropriate (public money); to appropriate; to embezzle

to be one's ruin; to do harm; to cause trouble; to have negative consequences; to bring about a bad outcome

to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway

to leave open

to taste and know

to be tired from walking

to keep walking

to rage; to fly into a rage; to become furious

to leave a space (between words)

to break wind; to let off a fart; to have a shot

to have a smoke

to throw one's weight around; to be puffed up

to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transplant

to be overripe

to be elected

to be absorbed in a play

to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal

to keep (something) a close secret; to hide (the truth, one's pain, etc.); to keep hidden

to check; to stop; to keep back

to start; to begin; to commence

to dance away

to come near being drowned

to lean over; to lean in

to shine out far and wide

to publish (a book)

to start writing; to begin (a book, letter, etc.)

to write (dash) off