Vocabulary

to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

methodical; precise; meticulous; scrupulous; regular; punctual

moment; instant

to blame; to reproach; to censure; to rebuke; to reprove; to find fault

to mutter; to murmur; to grumble

at once; immediately; instantly; in an instant; quickly; suddenly

to groan; to moan

to sniff; to smell

beak; bill

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

to whisper; to murmur

dust

damage; injury; defamation; harm

large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant

to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to buy (someone a meal, drink, etc.)

euphemistic; circumlocutory; periphrastic; roundabout; indirect

supple; flexible; elastic

broom

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

surmise (about someone's feelings); guess; conjecture

the Dog (eleventh sign of the Chinese zodiac)

taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction

to make; to manufacture; to fabricate

fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax

to rub; to crumple

to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)

right-hand radical of a character

pretext; history; past; story

cage; pen; (jail) cell

gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing

depression

to dress stylishly

to run (of liquid); to spread; to bleed; to blot

violent explosion; bursting

reptiles

itchy

to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb)

dazzling; radiant

dizziness; giddiness; vertigo

to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at