ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
that's a different matter; that's a different story
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
for a while; for some time; for a period
most part; greater part; majority
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
number two; mistress; concubine
light; easy; non-serious; minor
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to thrust before; to thrust at
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
to cover fully; to wrap around
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
face; looks; vestiges; trace
flowers; beautiful; spectacular
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly