to encourage to do (something); to urge a person on; to demand action; to spank; to give a spanking; to hit someone on the bottom
detoxification; counteracting poison; neutralizing poison
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
to be sacrificed; to become a victim (of); to fall victim (to); to lose one's life
how many years; how long; what year
personal; individual; private
what's what; heads or tails
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
society; public; community; social studies
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
enough is enough; no further!
to repay double the original amount; to repay x times the original amount
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to arrive home; to return
insulating one's house for winter climate; winter insulation; covering one's crops for winter climate; wintering cover (of plants); covering unused boats in winter (e.g. with straw mats)
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
outward appearance; looks
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
the other day; lately; recently; during this period
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
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; one's dying wish; one's last words
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
almost every day; almost daily