Vocabulary

to cover a coffin; to die

to communicate secretly; to form a close friendship

to enjoy oneself to one's heart's content; to enjoy oneself to the full

to use one's intuition; to use one's instinct; to use one's head

to cause harm (to)

to award a degree

to be pedantic; to assume the air of a scholar

to pursue knowledge (one's studies)

out of character; unlike one

significant; full of meaning; pregnant (with meaning); suggestive

to make a wish (to a god); to pray (for the fulfilment of a wish)

to fasten one's eye on (a person); to stare at

to cheer on; to raise a shout

to handle a tool; to work a machine

to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity

to come out of mourning

to wait for a ripe moment

not inclined (to do); reluctant; unwilling

to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly

to be extremely dangerous

to brave a danger; to take a risk

to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings

to extend the term; to extend a deadline

to leave for home

to advance the date (of)

to suture a wound; to sew up a wound

to be injured; to sustain a wound

to diminish (dampen) the spirit

to pass away; to join the majority; to enter the death register

to abide (by the rules); to keep to the regulations

to collect stamps

to examine tickets

to rip off a coupon; to punch a ticket

to be deceived by a fox

to exorcise a fox spirit (from a person)

to drink (whisky) straight

to take advantage of an opportunity

to sew a fox's skin to the lion's; to graft a bamboo shoot on a tree

constrained; ill at ease

intense heat