to ask (about); to inquire; to enquire; to question; to make sure of
to fold up; to fold into layers; to collapse (content on a webpage, etc.)
to slide into; to slip into
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
to incur the wrath of the gods (e.g. by doing something immoral); to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins
to care for someone; to look after someone
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
Via Dolorosa (Jerusalem); Via Crucis
to choose (and take); to select; to pick (out)
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
extremely dangerous; full of peril
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
home; household; family; hearth
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
inferiority complex; sense of inferiority
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
resentful; bitter; reproachful; regrettable; disappointing; frustrating
man; male; masculine gender
part; portion; glimpse; bit
racing noisily (in a car, motorcycle, etc.); roaring (e.g. down the street)
being in the service of; serving at; holding office
riding fast; driving a horse fast
difference; variation; difference
at first; initially; in the beginning
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
male-dominated society; patriarchal society
acceleration; speeding up
unjustified; unwarranted; unfounded; baseless; groundless
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting