I assure you, if I were Hazlewood I should look on his compliments, his bowings, his cloakings, his shawlings, and his handings with some little suspicion; and truly I think Hazlewood does so too at some odd times.

on the cusp between adulthood and old age

She thought of herself for a moment as a company president, brain surgeon, television newscastress, professional football coach.

The English language and the German language are related.