loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
plateau; tableland; eminence
to gaze out at; to look out over
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
will; testament; last request
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
almost every day; almost daily
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
economical; efficient; lean; compact
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
zip; ping; zing; zoom; whoosh
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to pretend (e.g. to be a good father)
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
first snow (of the season); first snowfall
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
abruptly (rising); slowly (rising); plump; rotund
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
long; drawn-out; very long
gesture; gesticulation; motion
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
pilling; lint; furball; hairball; trichobezoar
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound