meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to muster up one's courage
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
hard-packed dirt (clay, gravel, etc.) floor; concrete floor
things one is carrying; things one has on one's person; thing one owns; one's property; mistress; lover
smallish; on the small side
shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.); ecdysis
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
to write down one after another; to enumerate; to list; to write at length; to write on and on; to go on writing
name and address (on an envelope, etc.); (addressee's) name; addressee
leaving a letter behind; letter left behind by someone who has departed; farewell letter
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
(verbal) message; word (from someone)
to speak; to say; to vocalize
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
awareness; realization; noticing
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
to bake (a design onto ceramic); to fire (on); to burn into (one's memory); to sear into; to print (from a negative); to brand; to fuse together (metals)
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
to bud; to sprout; to develop (of talents, feelings, etc.); to awaken
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
to encamp; to take up positions
mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
personality; character; individuality; personhood
somehow; for some reason; in some way; vaguely