vast; boundless; vague; obscure
oblique line; forward slash
mass; quality and quantity
feeling heavy in the head; heavy-headed; sick with worry
rebellion; revolt; insurrection; treason
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
tightly; exactly; precisely; close-fitting (e.g. suit); firm (body); lean
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
plenipotentiary powers; full authority; plenipotentiary; delegate with full powers
(courteous) invitation; call
to be discouraged; to shrink from
hearsay; rumor; rumour; report
one-year-old; one year old
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
your daughter; young woman
simmering; (boiling) gently
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
not worth mentioning; nothing special; nothing in particular; no notable ...
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
to be talented; to be able
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
injured person; wounded person
real intention; true motive; true meaning
guest of honour; guest of honor; privileged guest; visitor
taking someone away by force; transportation (e.g. for forced labor); forced transport (e.g. to a police station)
irrational (line of) argument
hegemony; leadership; initiative
leader; central personage
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
even if ...; even supposing that ...