what with this and that; for a number of reasons
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
marriage proposal; marriage talks
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
decision; determination; resolution
commitment; pledge; promise
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
becoming red-hot; red heat; scorching heat; burning (love); passionate (e.g. debate); ardent
gorge; ravine; canyon; glen
to turn reddish-brown; to turn rufous; to become discolored; to become discoloured
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
valuable article; valuables
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
to begin to walk; to set out
to ascend; to go up; to climb
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
hollow; low ground; basin; pit; dip; depression
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
residence; housing; residential building
here and there; everywhere
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance