preface; introduction; preamble
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
open every day of the year
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
to become dim; to become blurred
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
to run down (stairs, etc.)
each house; every house; many houses
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to rule; to govern; (arch.) to see; (arch.) to look; (arch.) to watch
to expect; to hope for; to look forward to; to resolve (to do); to decide upon; to prepare for
to be dispersed; to get separated
to squeeze out; to wring out
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
to remove; to move out of the way
coloured glass; colored glass
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
evacuation site; exposure; refuge shelter; shelter
to subsist; to keep on living
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to exchange (messages, thoughts, etc.); to communicate
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
to happen to meet; to come across
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
many; numerous; various; large number of