Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
tone (of voice); manner of talking
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
to fall behind; to drop out; to drop; to fall; to spill
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
older sister; elder sister
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
expression; look; countenance; face
every person; each one; everybody
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
merrymaking; high jinks; drunken revelry; spree
brave figure; valiant figure; heroic figure; gallant figure
and (so); (and) then; because of which; in addition to that
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
considerably; greatly; a lot
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
of no interest; not interested
pointing out; identification
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to restore one's energy; to restore one's spirits; to recharge one's batteries
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post