1) (any of many kinds of) small brown songbird; a bit of fun; to be foolish and waste time (lark)
2) (a mark made by) a bit of soot, dirt etc; indecent or obscene talk, words (smut)
every
one, some; unspecified, indiscriminate
to a fairly large extent or degree; 'rather than' = in preference to; 'or rather' = or more accurately
moderately
(of an amount or number etc that is more than two) a little, a few; a certain amount or number (but not the rest or others); approximately
few
