atonement (for one's sins); expiation; making amends; making up for (a misdeed)
bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
having the memory of having done something oneself; familiar (to one); guilty (look, expression, etc.)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
both (people); the two of them
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand
steering (of a boat); steerage
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
(being) unable to look someone in the eye; (being) too ashamed to face (someone)
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
based on; on the basis of
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
surveillance system; monitoring system
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
gas (as a fuel); gas (state of matter); poison gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove; gas cooker
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
birth and growth; giving birth and raising; development; breeding
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)