roman-fleuve; long novel; epic novel
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
smoothly; easily; readily
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
government official; clerk
to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
unrecoverable; irreversible; irreparable
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
neighbourhood; neighborhood
folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore
homecoming; returning home
wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)
teaching methodology; pedagogy
scenography; scenic design; set design; stage design
Dead Souls (novel by Gogol); Myortvye dushi
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
telecommunications; correspondence
blank space; margin; blank canvas
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
supporting evidence; corroboration
showman; impresario; promoter; producer