party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
reading out and comparing (e.g. proofs against a manuscript); read-through (of a script)
practice; practising; training; study
running-in; breaking in (e.g. engine, etc.); accustomizing; warming up
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
pound (unit of weight); pound (currency); pound sterling; pond
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to speak; to say; to vocalize
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
club activities; extracurricular activities
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
nausea; sickness in the stomach
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
to rush over; to run up to
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
treasure chest; strongbox
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially