infancy; childhood; tender age
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to set (sun); to become dark
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
explosive; blasting powder
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something
ditch with running water; drainage channel
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
conclusion; end; finish; supervision; management; control
probability; likelihood; chances
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
deep place; depths; depth; profundity
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
to harbor suspicion; to harbour suspicion
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
establishment; settlement
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)