insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
impossible to do (although wants to)
to prostrate oneself before
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
just a minute; small quantity
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
method of treatment; cure; remedy
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
no!; no no!; no, not at all
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
careless person; absentminded person; thoughtless person
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
and yet; though; when; in spite of
near oneself; close to one; familiar
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)