contract; compact; agreement
licence; license; permit; certificate (of qualification)
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
swim ring; swimming ring; life buoy; life belt; life preserver; lifesaver
something like ...; something called ...
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
intolerable; unbearable; irresistible; tremendous; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
save; checking; curbing; suppressing
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
no matter how much time passes
delicacy; tact; considerateness; sensitivity; thoughtfulness
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
arbitrarily; of its own accord; voluntarily; wilfully; willfully; as one pleases
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption
will not do; do not; does not
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven