deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism
to be the worst of the worst; (lit.) to deserve to die ten thousand deaths
drunk person; (a) drunk; being drunk; getting drunk
anti-travel sickness (medicine)
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy
stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
a little while later; for a little while; some time later; for some time; presently
wish; desire; request; prayer
quiet; still; surreptitious
guardian; protector; patron; parent
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
surprise; something unexpected
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
must; should; will (surely); be bound to; will (do); shall
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely (not)
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to turn upside down; to turn (face) downward
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die