timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
that day; the very same day
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
and yet; though; when; in spite of
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
loveable; very likeable; like very much
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
death from disease; death from illness
vacant or unoccupied room
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
retiring from military service
end of war; cessation of hostilities
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
commandant; commanding officer; general
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
news of someone's death; obituary
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail