Vocabulary

disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

room

fruit; nut

photographer

to shine

ejaculation

to be boiled; to be cooked

sociable

person

or; otherwise

a little less than; a little under; slightly fewer than

chief; main; principal; important

(one's) master; (one's) employer; (one's) lord

head (of a household, etc.); leader; master

to surround; to encircle; to enclose

to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart

to exchange; to swap; to barter; to trade

to take in; to gather in

worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature

to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.)

to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure

feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance

especially; particularly; unusually; above all

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kernel; stone (e.g. of a peach)

to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen

the defensive

passive

curse; spell; malediction

to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely

large; big; great; huge; vast; major

Sunday

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; trivial

United Kingdom; Britain

smallness; small item

(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); all ... long

dementia

-ish; -like

cannot help (feeling); unbearably; awfully; irresistibly

when it becomes; when it comes to