skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
admiration; wonder; astonishment
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) in one go
to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to change places (with); to be replaced (with, by); to be changed; to change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone); to switch; to exchange
transport; transportation; transit; conveyance
to take command; to give direction
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
to continue; to keep going; to go along (e.g. with some trend)
desperately; for one's dear life
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
younger half-brother (by a different mother)
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
eating together; dining together; having a meal together
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
that is to say; so that means
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
overestimation; overrating; overvaluing
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
to be in difficulties; to be in trouble; to be in a difficult situation