to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; dry and tasteless; stale
armchair; chair with arm rests; senior staff
to hug one's knees; (fig.) to be lonely; to beg
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to have a drink; to grab a drink
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
noisily; with a rattle; with a creak; with a squeak; with a rumble
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
emotional scars; mental trauma
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to top up (drinks, water, rice, etc.); to replenish
to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)
word for word; verbatim; literally
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
to be dispelled (of doubts, ill feeling, etc.); to disappear; to be put behind one; to burst (of a boil, abscess, etc.)
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
to take to; to let one's heart go out to