. . ground-beetle*.
|. hum, buzz;~ . hum, buzz, drone.
. . playboy;~ lead* a gay life, lead* a life of pleasure.
. 1. beetle;bug . ; ~ may-bug, cockhafer;2. . ( -  ) rogue.
. () thief*;() swindler, cheat;. crook, trickster.
. shady, crooked.
. . . rogues.
|. . cheat, swindle;~ . underhand, ~ . . swindling, cheating, swindle.
. bugaboo, bugbear.
. young crane.
|crane attr. ;. crane-like;~  flock of cranes;~  spindly legs.
. 1. () crane;2. ( ) well-sweep.
. (.) . chide* (smb.) , reprove (smb.) , take* smb. to task.
. 1. magazine, journal, periodical;() quarterly;~  fashion-magazine;2. (  ) diary; ~ class register;~   war-diary;~  minutes; ~ leg-book.
. journalist, newspaperman*;knight of the pen;~ . 1. journalism;2. . ( ) periodicals pl.
|magazine attr. ;~  magazine article.
. . at-home.
. murmur, babbling.
. murmur, babble.
ghasty, horrible, terrible, eerie.
 . . . :   ~ we were frightened/terrified; ~ he has the creeps.
. . horror; ~  I am awe-stricken.
|withered;( ) faded;~ . dry-up, wither;( ) fade.
. . scold.
. . house-dog.
. 1. .   ;2.  ~ () wood-engraver;3. . home-made electrical fuse;4. ( ) bug.
